Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.69
The Seven Uses of ‘Api’
“ ‘The word “api” is used in the sense of possibility, question, doubt, censure, aggregation, appropriate application of things, and extravagance.’
What the purport teaches
- ‘Api’ can express possibility, question, or doubt.
- It can also express censure or aggregation.
- Its other meanings are appropriate application of things and extravagance. This list is quoted from the Viśva-prakāśa.
Try this today
Copy the seven meanings of ‘api’ into your notes and underline one you want to remember.
Ask yourself
Which of these meanings of ‘api’ would you most like to understand more clearly?
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.