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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.145
এই ছয় আত্মারাম কৃষ্ণেরে ভজয় ।
পৃথক্ পৃথক্ চ-কারে ইহা ‘অপি’র অর্থ কয় ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
ei chaya ātmārāma kṛṣṇere bhajaya
pṛthak pṛthak ca-kāre ihā ‘api’ra artha kaya
“These six kinds of ātmārāmas engage in the loving service of Kṛṣṇa. The varieties of service are indicated by adding ‘ca,’ and they also bear the meaning of ‘api’ [‘indeed’].
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All six kinds of ātmārāmas engage in the loving service of Kṛṣṇa. Adding ‘ca’ indicates varieties of service and also carries the meaning of ‘api,’ or ‘indeed.’
The first three kinds are the neophyte student (sādhaka), one absorbed in Brahman realization (brahma-maya), and one who has attained the Brahman position (prāpta-brahma-laya).
The other three are one who desires liberation (mumukṣu), one liberated even in this life (jīvan-mukta), and one who is self-realized (prāpta-svarūpa).
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:
He then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do these six different kinds of ātmārāmas share?
Write down the six kinds of ātmārāmas, then note their shared engagement: loving service to Kṛṣṇa.
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