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  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 24.106Madhya 24.108

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.107

জ্ঞানমার্গে উপাসক — দুইত’ প্রকার ।

কেবল ব্রহ্মোপাসক, মোক্ষাকাঙ্ক্ষী আর ॥ ১০৭ ॥

jñāna-mārge upāsaka — duita’ prakāra

kevala brahmopāsaka, mokṣākāṅkṣī āra

Translation

“There are two kinds of worshipers on the path of philosophical speculation — one is called brahma-upāsaka, a worshiper of the impersonal Brahman, and the other is called mokṣākāṅkṣī, one who desires liberation.

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

1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Two Kinds of Philosophical Worshipers

  1. 1

    There are two kinds of worshipers on the path of philosophical speculation.

  2. 2

    A brahma-upāsaka worships the impersonal Brahman.

  3. 3

    A mokṣākāṅkṣī desires liberation.

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. jñāna-mārgeon the path of philosophical speculation
  2. upāsakaworshipers
  3. duita’ prakāratwo varieties
  4. kevalaonly
  5. brahma-upāsakathe worshiper of impersonal Brahman
  6. mokṣa-ākāṅkṣīdesiring liberation
  7. āraand
3

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I distinguish worship of impersonal Brahman from the desire for liberation?

Practice

Write down brahma-upāsaka and mokṣākāṅkṣī, with the meaning of each beside it.

Live this todayTwo Kinds of Philosophical WorshipersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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