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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.10

একাদশ পদ এই শ্লোকে সুনির্মল ।

পৃথক্‌ নানা অর্থ পদে করে ঝলমল ॥ ১০ ॥

ekādaśa pada ei śloke sunirmala

pṛthak nānā artha pade kare jhalamala

Translation

“There are eleven clear words in this verse, but when they are studied separately, various meanings glitter from each word.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Each Word Holds Various Meanings

  1. 1

    The verse contains eleven distinct words. Studying them separately reveals various meanings in each.

  2. 2

    These words are ātmārāmāḥ, ca, munayaḥ, nirgranthāḥ, api, urukrame, kurvanti, ahaitukīm, bhaktim, ittham-bhūta-guṇaḥ and hariḥ.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will explain the different connotations and imports of these words.

Key points from the purport
  • The eleven separate words are (1) ātmārāmāḥ, (2) ca, (3) munayaḥ, (4) nirgranthāḥ, (5) api, (6) urukrame, (7) kurvanti, (8) ahaitukīm, (9) bhaktim, (10) ittham-bhūta-guṇaḥ, and (11) hariḥ.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will explain the different connotations and imports of these words.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.

The mood of Madhya 24 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ekādaśa padaeleven words
  2. eithis
  3. ślokein the verse
  4. su-nirmalavery clear
  5. pṛthakseparately
  6. nānāvarious
  7. arthameanings
  8. padein each word
  9. kare jhalamalaare glittering
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “hariḥ”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What might you discover by slowing down to study individual words?

Practice

Copy the eleven words into a list, leaving space beside each for the meanings you learn.

Live this todayEach Word Holds Various MeaningsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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