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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.11
‘আত্মা’-শব্দে ব্রহ্ম, দেহ, মন, যত্ন, ধৃতি ।
বুদ্ধি, স্বভাব, — এই সাত অর্থ-প্রাপ্তি ॥ ১১ ॥
‘ātmā’-śabde brahma, deha, mana, yatna, dhṛti
buddhi, svabhāva, — ei sāta artha-prāpti
“The seven different meanings of the word ‘ātmā’ are the Absolute Truth, the body, the mind, endeavor, firmness, intelligence and nature.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The word ātmā has seven different meanings, not just one.
The Absolute Truth, the body and the mind are three of its meanings.
Endeavor, firmness, intelligence and nature are the other four meanings.
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 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which of these seven meanings of ātmā is new to you?
Write ātmā at the top of a page and list its seven meanings beneath it.
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