Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 9-10 Wonderful qualities of the Supreme Lord

Text 9 çaunaka 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 pleasure For 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 10 süta uväca ätmärämäç ca munayo nirgranthä apy urukrame kurvanty ahaitukéà bhaktim ittham-bhüta-guëo hariù

Translation All 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