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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.152
তবে যে চ-কার, সেই ‘সমুচ্চয়’ কয় ।
“আত্মারামাশ্চ মুনয়শ্চ” কৃষ্ণেরে ভজয় ॥ ১৫২ ॥
tabe ye ca-kāra, sei ‘samuccaya’ kaya
“ātmārāmāś ca munayaś ca” kṛṣṇere bhajaya
“By the aggregate use of the word ‘ca,’ it is indicated that all the ātmārāmas and saints serve and worship Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The aggregate use of ‘ca’ brings all the ātmārāmas and saints together in the statement.
All of them serve Kṛṣṇa.
All of them also worship Kṛṣṇa. Their shared devotional engagement is the conclusion of this explanation.
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
Learn the words of the 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: “serve”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this shared service and worship of Kṛṣṇa guide my own purpose today?
Set aside a brief moment today to offer worship to Kṛṣṇa, remembering this shared devotional purpose.
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