Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 145 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.145

এই ছয আত্মারাম কৃষ্ণেরে ভজয পৃথক্পৃথক্চকারে ইহা ঽঅপিঽর অর্থ কয

एइ छय आत्माराम कृष्णेरे भजय पृथक्पृथक्चकारे इहा ऽअपिऽर अर्थ कय

ei chaya ātmārāma kṛṣṇere bhajaya pṛthak pṛthak ca-kāre ihā 'api'ra artha kaya

Synonyms

ei chayaall these six; ātmārāmatranscendentalists; kṛṣṇere bhajayarender service to Kṛṣṇa; pṛthak pṛthakseparately; ca-kārein the use of the word ca; ihāhere; 'api'raof the word api; arthameaning; kayasays..

Translation

"These six kinds of ātmārāmas engage in the loving service of Kṛṣṇa. The varieties of service are indicated by adding ca, and they also bear the meaning of api, 'indeed.'

Purport

There are six kinds of ātmārāmas: the neophyte (sādhaka) student who is absorbed in Brahman realization (brahmamaya), one who has already attained the Brahman position (prāpta-brahma-laya), one who desires to be liberated (mumukṣu), one who is liberated even in this life (jīvan-mukta), and one who is self-realized (prāpta-svarūpa).

Verse 145 of 355
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