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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.13
এই সাতে রমে যেই, সেই আত্মারামগণ ।
আত্মারামগণের আগে করিব গণন ॥ ১৩ ॥
ei sāte rame yei, sei ātmārāma-gaṇa
ātmārāma-gaṇera āge kariba gaṇana
“The word ‘ātmārāma’ refers to one who enjoys these seven items [the Absolute Truth, body, mind and so on]. Later, I shall enumerate the ātmārāmas.
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The word ātmārāma refers to one who enjoys the items expressed by the seven meanings of ātmā.
These include the Absolute Truth, body, mind, endeavor, firmness, intelligence and nature.
The different ātmārāmas will be enumerated later. Here, the explanation introduces the word’s range of meaning.
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:
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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How do the seven meanings of ātmā broaden your understanding of ātmārāma?
Write a short definition of ātmārāma using the seven meanings of ātmā as your guide.
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