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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.106
শ্লোকব্যাখ্যা লাগি’ এই করিলুঁ আভাস ।
এবে করি শ্লোকের মূলার্থ প্রকাশ ॥ ১০৬ ॥
śloka-vyākhyā lāgi’ ei kariluṅ ābhāsa
ebe kari ślokera mūlārtha prakāśa
“I have given all these explanations just to give some indication of the verse’s meaning. Now let Me explain the real meaning of the verse.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
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The explanations given so far offer an indication of the verse’s meaning.
The speaker now turns to explaining its real meaning.
In the surrounding explanation, understanding the verse is directed toward tasting Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities.
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
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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