Text 186] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 305

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahdprabhu then told him: ‘Do not be astonished. Ac-
tually, devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the
highest perfection of human activity.

TEXT 185

SigMay ATs sort Fla Sea |
AG ASB SAsicra Geiak1 i sve it

‘atmarama’ paryanta kare isvara bhajana
aiche acintya bhagavanera guna-gana

SYNONYMS
4tm4-rama—self-satisfied; paryanta—up to; kare—do; isvara bhajana—devo-
tional service to the Lord; aiche—such; acintya—inconceivable; bhagavanera—of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; guna-gana—transcendental qualities.

TRANSLATION

“Even the self-satisfied sages perform devotional service to the Supreme
Lord. Such are the transcendental qualities of the Lord. They are full of incon-
ceivable spiritual potency.

TEXT 186
BAA AS ACH PTT AATEC |
qtetesan sfefagwert Ufa ti see i

atmaramas ca munayo
nirgrantha apy urukrame

kurvanty ahaitukirn bhaktim
ittham-bhdta-guno harih

SYNONYMS

atma-ramah—persons who take pleasure in being transcendentally situated in
the service of the Lord; ca—also; munayah—great saintly persons who have
completely rejected material aspirations, fruitive activities, and so forth;
nirgranthah—without interest in any material desire; api—certainly; urukrame—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, whose activities are wonderful;
kurvanti—do; ahaitukim—causeless, or without material desires; bhaktim—devo-
