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

Verse 86 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.86

নাযং সুখাপো ভগবান্দেহিনাং গোপিকাসুতঃ জ্ঞানিনাং চাত্মভূতানাং যথা ভক্তিমতামিহ

नायं सुखापो भगवान्देहिनां गोपिकासुतः ज्ञानिनां चात्मभूतानां यथा भक्तिमतामिह

nāyaṁ sukhāpo bhagavān dehināṁ gopikā-sutaḥ jñānināṁ cātma-bhūtānāṁ yathā bhaktimatām iha

Synonyms

na—not; ayam—this Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; sukha-āpaḥ—easily available; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dehinām—for materialistic persons who have accepted the body as the self; gopikā-sutaḥ—the son of mother Yaśodā; jñāninām—for persons addicted to mental speculation; ca—and; ātma-bhūtānām—for persons performing severe austerities and penances; yathā—as; bhakti-matām—for persons engaged in spontaneous devotional service; iha—in this world..

Translation

" 'The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā, is accessible to those devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.'

Purport

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.9.21) is spoken by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī. It concerns the statement about Kṛṣṇa's being subjugated by the gopīs and thus glorifying them.

Verse 86 of 355