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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 24.158Madhya 24.160

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.159

আরুরুক্ষোর্মুনের্যোগং কর্ম কারণমুচ্যতে ।

যোগারূঢ়স্য তস্যৈব শমঃ কারণমুচ্যতে ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

ārurukṣor muner yogaṁ

karma kāraṇam ucyate

yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva

śamaḥ kāraṇam ucyate

Translation

“ ‘For those saintly persons who wish to rise to the platform of yogic perfection, the means consists of practicing the yoga system by strictly following its regulative principles and practicing the yoga postures and breathing exercises. And for those who are already elevated to this platform, the means consists of maintaining mental equilibrium [śama] by rejecting all material activity and practicing meditation to keep the mind on the Supreme Lord.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Yoga Practice According to Advancement

  1. 1

    Those who wish to rise to yogic perfection strictly follow the yoga system’s regulative principles. They also practice yoga postures and breathing exercises.

  2. 2

    Those already elevated to that platform maintain mental equilibrium, called śama.

  3. 3

    They do this by rejecting all material activity and practicing meditation to keep the mind on the Supreme Lord.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 24.159 quotesBG 6.3

texts 159 and 160 are from the Bhagavad-gītā (6.3-4).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ārurukṣoḥof a person desiring to rise to the platform of yogic perfection
  2. muneḥof a saintly person
  3. yogamspiritual knowledge
  4. karmawork
  5. kāraṇamthe cause
  6. ucyateis said
  7. yoga-ārūḍhasyaof one who has attained such perfect knowledge
  8. tasyafor him
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

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    In this verse: “saintly”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What difference does this verse describe between seeking yogic perfection and maintaining the elevated state?

Practice

Set aside one quiet minute to direct your attention toward the Supreme Lord.

Live this todayYoga Practice According to AdvancementThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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