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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 24.116 Madhya 24.118

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.117

হরের্গুণাক্ষিপ্তমতির্ভগবান্ বাদরায়ণিঃ ।

অধ্যগান্মহদাখ্যানং নিত্যং বিষ্ণুজনপ্রিয়ঃ ॥ ১১৭ ॥

harer guṇākṣipta-matir

bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ

adhyagān mahad-ākhyānaṁ

nityaṁ viṣṇu-jana-priyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘Being very much attracted by the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, the mind of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was agitated by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He therefore began to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by the grace of his father.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Attraction Inspires Study of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

1
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was deeply attracted by the Lord’s transcendental pastimes.
2
His mind was stirred by Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
3
By his father’s grace, he began to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 24.117 quotesSB 1.7.11

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.7.11).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ. He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

hareḥof Lord Kṛṣṇa
guṇa-ākṣipta-matiḥwhose mind was agitated by the qualities
bhagavānthe most powerful transcendentalist
bādarāyaṇiḥŚukadeva, son of Vyāsadeva
adhyagātstudied
mahat-ākhyānamthe great epic description
nityameternally
viṣṇu-jana-priyaḥwho is very dear to the Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of Lord Viṣṇu

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can attraction to the Lord’s pastimes inspire your study?

Practice

Spend a few minutes reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with attention to the Lord’s pastimes.

Live this todayAttraction Inspires Study of Śrīmad-BhāgavatamThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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