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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 24.145Madhya 24.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.146

“আত্মারামাশ্চ অপি” করে কৃষ্ণে অহৈতুকী ভক্তি ।

“মুনয়ঃ সন্তঃ” ইতি কৃষ্ণমননে আসক্তি ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

“ātmārāmāś ca api” kare kṛṣṇe ahaitukī bhakti

“munayaḥ santaḥ” iti kṛṣṇa-manane āsakti

Translation

“The six kinds of ātmārāmas render devotional service to Kṛṣṇa without ulterior motives. The words ‘munayaḥ’ and ‘santaḥ’ indicate those who are very much attached to meditating upon Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Serve Kṛṣṇa Without Ulterior Motives

  1. 1

    The six kinds of ātmārāmas render devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Their service is without ulterior motives.

  3. 3

    The words ‘munayaḥ’ and ‘santaḥ’ indicate those who are very much attached to meditating upon Kṛṣṇa.

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. ātmārāmāḥ ca apiself-realized persons also
  2. karedo
  3. kṛṣṇeunto Kṛṣṇa
  4. ahaitukī bhaktiunmotivated devotional service
  5. munayaḥ santaḥgreat saintly persons and transcendentalists
  6. itithus
  7. kṛṣṇa-mananein meditation on Kṛṣṇa
  8. āsaktiattraction
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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

When I offer service to Kṛṣṇa, am I hoping for something in return?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute meditating upon Kṛṣṇa without asking for anything in return.

Live this todayServe Kṛṣṇa Without Ulterior MotivesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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