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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 24.112Madhya 24.114

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.113

জন্ম হৈতে শুক-সনকাদি ‘ব্রহ্মময়’ ।

কৃষ্ণগুণাকৃষ্ট হঞা কৃষ্ণেরে ভজয় ॥ ১১৩ ॥

janma haite śuka-sanakādi ‘brahmamaya’

kṛṣṇa-guṇākṛṣṭa hañā kṛṣṇere bhajaya

Translation

“Although Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the four Kumāras were always absorbed in the thought of impersonal Brahman and were thus Brahmavādīs, they were nonetheless attracted by the transcendental pastimes and qualities of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore they later became devotees 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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Qualities Attract Even Brahmavādīs

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the four Kumāras were always absorbed in thought of impersonal Brahman. They were therefore Brahmavādīs.

  2. 2

    Yet they were attracted by Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes and qualities.

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    This attraction led them to become devotees of Kṛṣṇa.

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 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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. janma haitefrom birth
  2. śukaŚukadeva Gosvāmī
  3. sanaka-ādithe four Kumāras
  4. brahma-mayaabsorbed in the thought of impersonal Brahman
  5. kṛṣṇa-guṇa-ākṛṣṭaattracted by the transcendental pastimes of the Lord
  6. hañābecoming
  7. kṛṣṇere bhajayaworshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does their change suggest about the attraction of Kṛṣṇa’s qualities?

Practice

Spend a minute reflecting on how attraction to Kṛṣṇa changed these sages’ lives.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Qualities Attract Even BrahmavādīsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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