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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 24.166 Madhya 24.168

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.167

এহো কৃষ্ণগুণাকৃষ্ট মহামুনি হঞা ।

অহৈতুকী ভক্তি করে নির্গ্রন্থ হঞা ॥ ১৬৭ ॥

eho kṛṣṇa-guṇākṛṣṭa mahā-muni hañā

ahaitukī bhakti kare nirgrantha hañā

Translation

“Being attracted by the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa, such yogīs become great saints. At that time, not being hampered by the yogic process, they engage in unalloyed devotional service.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Attraction to Kṛṣṇa Brings Unalloyed Devotion

1
These yogīs become attracted by Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities.
2
Through this attraction, they become great saints.
3
No longer hampered by the yogic process, they engage in unalloyed devotional service.

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

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ehosuch yogīs
kṛṣṇa guṇa-ākṛṣṭaattracted by the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa
mahā-muni hañābecoming great saintly persons
ahaitukī bhakti karethey perform causeless devotional service
nirgrantha hañābecoming indifferent to the mystic yoga process

Key ideas in this 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: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does attraction to Kṛṣṇa have in your desire to practice devotional service?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today for a simple act of service to Kṛṣṇa, making service itself your aim.

Live this todayAttraction to Kṛṣṇa Brings Unalloyed DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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