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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.168
‘আত্মা’-শব্দে ‘যত্ন’ কহে — যত্ন করিয়া ।
“মুনয়োঽপি” কৃষ্ণ ভজে গুণাকৃষ্ট হঞা ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
‘ātmā’-śabde ‘yatna’ kahe — yatna kariyā
“munayo ’ ” kṛṣṇa bhaje guṇākṛṣṭa hañā
“ ‘Ātmā’ also means ‘endeavor.’ Being attracted by Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities, some saints make a great endeavor to come to the point of rendering service to Him.
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The word ‘ātmā’ also means ‘endeavor.’
Some saints are attracted by Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities.
This attraction inspires them to make a great endeavor to reach the point of rendering service to Him.
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
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What small effort could express your desire to serve Kṛṣṇa?
Choose one concrete act of service to Kṛṣṇa and set aside time to do it today.
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