Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.210
Six More Meanings of Ātmārāma
“I have already spoken about thirteen meanings [of the ātmārāma verse]. Now there are six more. Combined, these make nineteen.
What the purport teaches
- Six further meanings of ātmārāma are added to the thirteen already explained, making nineteen.
- These meanings include mental speculators, those engaged in different endeavors, and those who are patient and sober.
- They also include intelligent and learned scholars, those who are intelligent but illiterate and foolish, and those conscious of their eternal servitorship to Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Write down the six groups listed here, and pause over the description of eternal servitorship to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
What does being conscious of eternal servitorship to Kṛṣṇa mean to me?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.