CC Madhya 24.196

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.195 - Madhya-līlā 24.197

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 196

udāra mahatī yāṅra sarvottamā buddhi

nānā kāme bhaje, tabu pāya bhakti-siddhi

SYNONYMS

udāra—liberal; mahatī—great; yāṅra—whose; sarva-uttamā—first class; buddhi—intelligence; nānā—various; kāme—with desires; bhaje—engages in devotional service; tabu—still; pāya—gets; bhakti-siddhi—perfection in devotional service.

TRANSLATION

"If a person is actually liberal and intelligent, he can advance and become perfect in devotional service even if he has material desires and serves the Lord with some motive.

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