Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 95 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.95

আর্ত, অর্থার্থী,—দুই সকামভিতরে গণি জিজ্ঞাসু, জ্ঞানী,—দুই মোক্ষকাম মানি

आर्त, अर्थार्थी,—दुइ सकामभितरे गणि जिज्ञासु, ज्ञानी,—दुइ मोक्षकाम मानि

ārta, arthārthī,—dui sakāma-bhitare gaṇi jijñāsu, jñānī,—dui mokṣa-kāma māni

Synonyms

ārtadistressed; artha-arthīdesirous of money; duitwo persons; sakāma-bhitarein the division of material activities; gaṇiwe consider; jijñāsuinquisitive; jñānīpursuing knowledge; duitwo; mokṣa-kāmatranscendentalists pursuing spiritual knowledge for liberation; māniI consider..

Translation

"Materialistic devotees take to devotional service and worship Kṛṣṇa when they are distressed or in need of money. Those who are actually inquisitive to understand the supreme source of everything and those who are in search of knowledge are called transcendentalists, for they desire liberation from all material contamination.

Verse 95 of 355
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