Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 24 Verse 125

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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.125

aho mahātman bahu-doṣa-duṣṭo

'py ekena bhāty eṣa bhavo guṇena

sat-sańgamākhyena sukhāvahena

kṛtādya no yena kṛśā mumukṣā

SYNONYMS

aho mahā-ātman — O great devotee; bahu-doṣa-duṣṭaḥ — infected with varieties of material disease or attachment; api — although; ekena — with one; bhāti — shines; eṣaḥ — this; bhavaḥ — birth in this material world; guṇena — with a good quality; sat-sańgama-ākhyena — known as association with devotees; sukha-āvahena — which brings about happiness; kṛtā — made; adya — now; naḥ — our; yena — by which; kṛśā — insignificant; mumukṣā — the desire for liberation.

TRANSLATION

"'O great learned devotee, although there are many faults in this material world, there is one good opportunity — the association with devotees. Such association brings about great happiness. Due to this good quality, our strong desire to achieve liberation by merging into the Brahman effulgence has become weakened.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya.

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