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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 24.118Madhya 24.120

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.119

গুণাকৃষ্ট হঞা করে কৃষ্ণের ভজন ।

একাদশ-স্কন্ধে তাঁর ভক্তি-বিবরণ ॥ ১১৯ ॥

guṇākṛṣṭa hañā kare kṛṣṇera bhajana

ekādaśa-skandhe tāṅra bhakti-vivaraṇa

Translation

“In the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is a full description of the devotional service of the nine Yogendras, who rendered devotional service because they were attracted by the Lord’s transcendental qualities.

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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.

The Yogendras Serve Through Transcendental Attraction

  1. 1

    The nine Yogendras rendered devotional service to the Lord.

  2. 2

    Their service arose from attraction to His transcendental qualities.

  3. 3

    The Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam fully describes their devotional service.

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:

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.
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. guṇa-ākṛṣṭa hañābeing attracted by the transcendental qualities
  2. kareengaged in
  3. kṛṣṇera bhajanathe devotional service of the Lord
  4. ekādaśa-skandhein the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  5. tāṅraof them
  6. bhakti-vivaraṇadescription of the devotional service
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might attraction to the Lord’s qualities give purpose to devotional service?

Practice

Find the account of the nine Yogendras in the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and begin reading it.

Live this todayThe Yogendras Serve Through Transcendental AttractionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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