Madhya-līlā | Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.146
"ātmārāmāś ca api" kare kṛṣṇe ahaitukī bhakti
"munayaḥ santaḥ" iti kṛṣṇa-manane āsakti
SYNONYMS
ātmārāmāḥ ca api — self-realized persons also; kare — do; kṛṣṇe — unto Kṛṣṇa; ahaitukī bhakti — unmotivated devotional service; munayaḥ santaḥ — great saintly persons and transcendentalists; iti — thus; kṛṣṇa-manane — in meditation on Kṛṣṇa; āsakti — attraction.
TRANSLATION
"The six kinds of ātmārāmas render devotional service to Kṛṣṇa without ulterior motives. The words 'munayaḥ' and 'santaḥ' indicate those who are very much attached to meditating upon Kṛṣṇa.
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