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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.12
“আত্মা দেহমনোব্রহ্মস্বভাবধৃতিবুদ্ধিষু । প্রযত্নে চ” ইতি ॥ ১২ ॥
“ātmā deha-mano-brahma-svabhāva-dhṛti-buddhiṣu,
prayatne ca” iti
“ ‘The following are synonyms of the word “ātmā”: the body, mind, Absolute Truth, natural characteristics, firmness, intelligence and endeavor.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This quotation comes from the Viśva-prakāśa dictionary.
It lists the body, mind and Absolute Truth as synonyms of ātmā.
It also lists natural characteristics, firmness, intelligence and endeavor.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
The following summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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