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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.153
“নির্গ্রন্থা অপি”র এই ‘অপি’ — সম্ভাবনে ।
এই সাত অর্থ প্রথমে করিলুঁ ব্যাখ্যানে ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
“nirgranthā api”ra ei ‘api’ — sambhāvane
ei sāta artha prathame kariluṅ vyākhyāne
“ ‘Api’ added to the word ‘nirgranthāḥ’ is used for exposition. Thus I have tried to clarify seven meanings [of the ātmārāma verse].
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The word ‘api’ is added to ‘nirgranthāḥ’ for exposition—that is, to explain the meaning.
Seven meanings of the ātmārāma verse have thus been clarified.
The discussion next considers yogīs who worship the Supersoul within themselves as another application of the word ātmārāma.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the 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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