CC Madhya 24.287 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
TEXT 287
- 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.