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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 24.104Madhya 24.106

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.105

আগে যত যত অর্থ ব্যাখ্যান করিব ।

কৃষ্ণগুণাস্বাদের এই হেতু জানিব ॥ ১০৫ ॥

āge yata yata artha vyākhyāna kariba

kṛṣṇa-guṇāsvādera ei hetu jāniba

Translation

“In this way I shall progressively explain all the words in the ātmārāma verse. It should be understood that all these words are meant to enable one to taste the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understanding Words to Taste Kṛṣṇa’s Qualities

  1. 1

    The words of the ātmārāma verse will be explained progressively.

  2. 2

    All these words are meant to help one taste the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    The purpose of the explanation is not merely to understand words, but to appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s qualities.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āgeahead
  2. yata yataas many as
  3. arthameanings
  4. vyākhyāna karibaI shall explain
  5. kṛṣṇa-guṇa-āsvāderaof tasting the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa
  6. eithis
  7. hetureason
  8. jānibawe shall understand
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can my study help me appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s qualities rather than only understand words?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing at the phrase “taste the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa.”

Live this todayUnderstanding Words to Taste Kṛṣṇa’s QualitiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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