Srimad BhagavatamCanto 1 Chapter 7

Text 9-10Wonderful qualities of the

Supreme Lord

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.

Dileverance of Sarvabhama