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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 24.117Madhya 24.119

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.118

নব-যোগীশ্বর জন্ম হৈতে ‘সাধক’ জ্ঞানী ।

বিধি-শিব-নারদ-মুখে কৃষ্ণগুণ শুনি’ ॥ ১১৮ ॥

nava-yogīśvara janma haite ‘sādhaka’ jñānī

vidhi-śiva-nārada-mukhe kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni’

Translation

“From their very births, the nine great mystic yogīs [Yogendras] were impersonal philosophers of the Absolute Truth. But because they heard about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s qualities from Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the great sage Nārada, they also became Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.

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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.

Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s Qualities Awakens Devotion

  1. 1

    From birth, the nine great mystic yogīs, the Yogendras, were impersonal philosophers of the Absolute Truth.

  2. 2

    They heard about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s qualities from Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the great sage Nārada.

  3. 3

    Because of this hearing, they also became Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.

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:

In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada’s friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. navanine
  2. yogī-īśvaragreat saintly yogīs
  3. janma haitefrom the very birth
  4. sādhakapracticers
  5. jñānīwell versed in transcendental knowledge
  6. vidhiLord Brahmā
  7. śivaLord Śiva
  8. nāradathe great sage Nārada
  9. mukhein their mouths
  10. kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni’hearing the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does attentive hearing about Kṛṣṇa have in your day?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to hear a reading about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s qualities.

Live this todayHearing Kṛṣṇa’s Qualities Awakens DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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