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

Verse 287 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.287

দুইবিধ ভক্ত হয চারি চারি প্রকার পারিষদ, সাধনসিদ্ধ, সাধকগণ আর

दुइविध भक्त हय चारि चारि प्रकार पारिषद, साधनसिद्ध, साधकगण आर

dui-vidha bhakta haya cāri cāri prakāra pāriṣada, sādhana-siddha, sādhaka-gaṇa āra

Synonyms

dui-vidha bhakta—these two varieties of ātmārāma devotees; haya—are; cāri cāri prakāra—each of four different categories; pāriṣada—personal associate; sādhana-siddha—liberated to the position of associates by perfection in devotional service; sādhaka-gaṇa āra—and devotees already engaged in the devotional service of the Lord..

Translation

"The ātmārāmas engaged in regulative and spontaneous devotional service are further categorized into four groups. There are the eternal associates, the associates who have become perfect by devotional service, and those who are engaged in devotional service and are called sādhaka.

Verse 287 of 355