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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.148
চ-শব্দে করি যদি ‘ইতরেতর’ অর্থ ।
আর এক অর্থ কহে পরম সমর্থ ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
ca-śabde kari yadi ‘itaretara’ artha
āra eka artha kahe parama samartha
“The use of the word ‘ca’ in different places produces different meanings. Over and above them, there is another meaning that is very important.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The word ‘ca’ produces different meanings when used in different places.
Beyond these meanings, another meaning is described as very important.
The following explanation shows how ‘ca’ allows repeated occurrences of ‘ātmārāma’ to be left out.
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 analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I giving small words the attention needed to understand their meaning?
Reread this translation and the next two, noting what ‘ca’ does in the explanation.
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