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  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 24.14Madhya 24.16

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.15

‘মুনি’-শব্দে মননশীল, আর কহে মৌনী ।

তপস্বী, ব্রতী, যতি, আর ঋষি, মুনি ॥ ১৫ ॥

‘muni’-śabde manana-śīla, āra kahe maunī

tapasvī, vratī, yati, āra ṛṣi, muni

Translation

“The word ‘muni’ refers to one who is thoughtful, one who is grave or silent, an ascetic, one who keeps great vows, one in the renounced order and a saint. These are the different meanings of the word ‘muni.’

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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.

Muni Has Several Distinct Meanings

  1. 1

    Muni can refer to one who is thoughtful or one who is grave or silent.

  2. 2

    It can also refer to an ascetic or one who keeps great vows.

  3. 3

    One in the renounced order and a saint are also meanings of muni.

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:

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. muni-śabdeby the word muni
  2. manana-śīlawho is thoughtful
  3. āraalso
  4. kaheit means
  5. maunīone who is silent
  6. tapasvīan ascetic
  7. vratīone who keeps great vows
  8. yatione in the renounced order of life
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which meaning of muni would you like to understand more carefully?

Practice

Write down the meanings of muni, keeping each meaning distinct.

Live this todayMuni Has Several Distinct MeaningsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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