Toyt 1251
Explanations of the Atmarama verse
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प्रारम्भिक परिचय
The four Kumāras (Catuḥsana), Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the nine Yogendras were absorbed in Brahman realization, and how they became devotees is described herein. There are three kinds of impersonalists—the  mumukṣu  (those desiring liberation), the  jīvan-muktas  (those liberated in this life) and the  prāpta-svarūpas  (those merged in Brahman realization). All three types of  jñānīs  are called  mokṣākāṅkṣīs , those desiring liberation. By associating with devotees, such people give up the  mumukṣu  principle and render devotional service. The real cause for this change is the association of devotees. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant to attract all types of men, even those who desire things other than the Lord's devotional service. Through the association of devotees, they gradually begin to render devotional service.
TEXT 125
অহো মহাত্মা বহুলোম্বটো?--
প্র্যেকেন ভাত্যেষ ভবো গ্রুণেন ।।
সৎসঙ্গমাথোন স্থাবিচ্ছেন
কুতাঁতি নাে বেন কুশা মুমুক্কা ॥ ১২৫ ॥
aho mahātman bahu-doṣa-duṣṭo 
‘py ekena bhāty eṣa bhavo guṇena sat-saṅgamākhyena sukhāvahena kṛṭādya no yena kṛśā mumukṣā
SYNONYMS
aho mahātman  —O great devotee;  bahu-doṣa-duṣṭaḥ  —infected with varieties of material disease or attachment;  api  —although;  ekena  —with one;  bhāti  —shines;  ẹsaḥ  —this;  bhavaḥ  —birth in this material world;  guṇena  —with a good quality;  sat-saṅgama-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.’