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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse
Madhya 24.99Madhya 24.101

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.100

ধর্মঃ প্রোজ্ঝিত-কৈতবোঽত্র পরমো নির্মত্সরাণাং সতাং

বেদ্যং বাস্তবমত্র বস্তু শিবদং তাপত্রয়োন্মূলনম্ ।

শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতে মহামুনিকৃতে কিংবা পরৈরীশ্বরঃ

সদ্যো হৃদ্যবরুধ্যতেঽত্র কৃতিভিঃ শুশ্রূষুভিস্তত্ক্ষণাৎ ॥ ১০০ ॥

dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ

vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śiva-daṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam

śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥ

sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate ’tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt

Translation

“ ‘The great scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, compiled by Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva from four original verses, describes the most elevated and kindhearted devotees and completely rejects the cheating ways of materially motivated religiosity. It propounds the highest principle of eternal religion, which can factually mitigate the threefold miseries of a living being and award the highest benediction of full prosperity and knowledge. Those willing to hear the message of this scripture in a submissive attitude of service can at once capture the Supreme Lord in their hearts. Therefore there is no need for any scripture other than Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam With a Serving Heart

  1. 1

    Compiled by Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva from four original verses, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes elevated, kindhearted devotees and completely rejects materially motivated religiosity.

  2. 2

    It teaches the highest principle of eternal religion, which can relieve the threefold miseries and award full prosperity and knowledge.

  3. 3

    Those who hear its message submissively, with an attitude of service, can at once capture the Supreme Lord in their hearts. The verse therefore declares that no other scripture is needed.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 24.100 quotesSB 1.1.2

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.1.2).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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 explained this verse in sixty-one different ways. He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations.
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. dharmaḥreligiosity
  2. projjhitacompletely rejected
  3. kaitavaḥin which fruitive intention
  4. atraherein
  5. paramaḥthe highest
  6. nirmatsarāṇāmof the fully pure in heart
  7. satāmdevotees
  8. vedyamto be understood
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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

Am I approaching scripture with an attitude of service or a wish for material rewards?

Practice

Read this quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam slowly today, with the intention to serve rather than seek material gain.

Live this todayHear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam With a Serving HeartThis 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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