Text 9çaunaka uväca
sa vai nivåtti-nirataù sarvatropekñako muniù kasya vä båhatém etäm ätmärämaù
samabhyasat
Çré Çaunaka asked Süta Gosvämé: Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé was already on
the path of self-realization, and thus he was pleased with his own self. So why did he take the trouble to undergo the study
of such a vast literature?
Search for pleasureFor the people in general the
highest perfection of life is to cease from material activities and be
fixed on the path of self-realization.Everyone is searching after the
highest pleasure, but the standard of pleasure of one may be different
from the standard of another.
Text 10süta uväca
ätmärämäç ca munayo nirgranthä apy urukrame
kurvanty ahaitukéà bhaktim ittham-bhüta-
guëo hariù
TranslationAll different varieties of ätmärämas [those who take pleasure in ätmä, or spirit self], especially those established on the path of self-realization, though freed from all kinds of material bondage, desire to render unalloyed devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead. This means that the Lord possesses transcendental qualities and therefore can attract everyone, including liberated souls.
Atmaram verse explained
Eleven words in this verse,(1) ätmäräma, (2) munayaù, (3)
nirgrantha, (4) api, (5) ca, (6) urukrama, (7) kurvanti, (8)
ahaitukém, (9) bhaktim, (10) ittham-bhüta-guëaù and (11) hariù.
Lord Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu explained this ätmäräma çloka very vividly before
His chief devotee Çréla Sanätana Gosvämé.
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