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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 24.183Madhya 24.185

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.184

হৃষীকেশে হৃষীকাণি যস্য স্থৈর্যগতানি হি ।

স এব ধৈর্যমাপ্নোতি সংসারে জীবচঞ্চলে ॥ ১৮৪ ॥

hṛṣīkeśe hṛṣīkāṇi

yasya sthairya-gatāni hi

sa eva dhairyam āpnoti

saṁsāre jīva-cañcale

Translation

“ ‘In this material world, all living entities are disturbed due to their flickering position. A devotee, however, is fixed in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, the master of the senses. Such a person is to be considered situated in endurance and patience.’

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Steady service is endurance and patience

  1. 1

    Living entities in the material world are disturbed because their position is always changing.

  2. 2

    A devotee, however, remains fixed in service to the lotus feet of the Lord, the master of the senses.

  3. 3

    Such steadiness in service is described as endurance and patience.

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. hṛṣīkeśeto the master of the senses
  2. hṛṣīkāṇiall the senses
  3. yasyawhose
  4. sthairya-gatānifixed
  5. hicertainly
  6. saḥthat person
  7. evaof course
  8. dhairyam āpnotiattains the position of dhairya, endurance
  9. saṁsārein the material world
  10. jīva-cañcalewhere everyone is disturbed
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • 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”

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

When circumstances change, what helps me remain steady in service to the Lord?

Practice

Keep one small commitment of devotional service today, even if your mood or circumstances change.

Live this todaySteady service is endurance and patienceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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