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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 24.100 Madhya 24.102

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.101

‘প্র’-শব্দে — মোক্ষবাঞ্ছা কৈতবপ্রধান ।

এই শ্লোকে শ্রীধরস্বামী করিয়াছেন ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ১০১ ॥

‘pra’-śabde — mokṣa-vāñchā kaitava-pradhāna

ei śloke śrīdhara-svāmī kariyāchena vyākhyāna

Translation

“The prefix ‘pra’ in the word ‘projjhita’ specifically refers to those desiring liberation or oneness with the Supreme. Such a desire should be understood to be the foremost cheating propensity. The great commentator Śrīdhara Svāmī has explained this verse in that way.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Give Up Even the Desire for Liberation

1
The prefix ‘pra’ in ‘projjhita’ specifically refers to those who desire liberation or oneness with the Supreme.
2
Such a desire is described as the foremost cheating propensity, rather than the goal of pure devotional service.
3
Śrīdhara Svāmī explains the verse in this way, clarifying how thoroughly cheating desires are rejected.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

pra-śabdeby the prefix pra
mokṣa-vāñchāthe desire for being liberated
kaitava-pradhānafirst-class cheating
ei ślokein this verse
śrīdhara-svāmīthe great commentator Śrīdhara Svāmī
kariyāchenahas made
vyākhyānaexplanation

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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I seek devotional service itself, or do I see it as a means to my own liberation?

Practice

Before one act of devotional service today, pause and set the intention to serve Kṛṣṇa rather than seek liberation or oneness.

Live this todayGive Up Even the Desire for LiberationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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