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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 24.101 Madhya 24.103

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.102

সকাম-ভক্তে ‘অজ্ঞ’ জানি’ দয়ালু ভগবান্ ।

স্ব-চরণ দিয়া করে ইচ্ছার পিধান ॥ ১০২ ॥

sakāma-bhakte ‘ajña’ jāni’ dayālu bhagavān

sva-caraṇa diyā kare icchāra pidhāna

Translation

“When merciful Lord Kṛṣṇa understands that a foolish devotee desires material prosperity, He gratefully gives him the shelter of His lotus feet. In this way, the Lord covers the devotee’s undesirable ambitions.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Offers Shelter Beyond Material Ambition

1
Merciful Lord Kṛṣṇa understands when a foolish devotee desires material prosperity.
2
He gratefully gives that devotee the shelter of His lotus feet.
3
Through this shelter, the Lord covers the devotee’s undesirable ambitions.

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 then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

sakāma-bhakteto devotees who still have material desires to fulfill
ajñafoolish
jāni’knowing
dayālumerciful
bhagavānŚrī Kṛṣṇa
sva-caraṇaHis own lotus feet
diyāgiving
karedoes
icchāra pidhānathe covering of other desires

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “merciful”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What material ambition could I bring honestly before Kṛṣṇa while asking for His shelter?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer acknowledging one material desire and asking Kṛṣṇa for shelter at His lotus feet.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Offers Shelter Beyond Material AmbitionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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