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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 24.205Madhya 24.207

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.206

ধন্যেয়মদ্য ধরণী তৃণ-বীরুধস্ত্বৎ-

পাদস্পৃশো দ্রুমলতাঃ করজাভিমৃষ্টাঃ ।

নদ্যোঽদ্রয়ঃ খগমৃগাঃ সদয়াবলোকৈ-

র্গোপ্যোঽন্তরেণ ভুজয়োরপি যৎস্পৃহা শ্রীঃ ॥ ২০৬ ॥

dhanyeyam adya dharaṇī tṛṇa-vīrudhas tvat-

pāda-spṛśo druma-latāḥ karajābhimṛṣṭāḥ

nadyo ’drayaḥ khaga-mṛgāḥ sadayāvalokair

gopyo ’ntareṇa bhujayor api yat-spṛhā śrīḥ

Translation

“ ‘This land of Vṛndāvana [Vrajabhūmi] is glorified today because Your lotus feet have touched her earth and grass, Your fingernails have touched her trees and creepers, and Your merciful eyes have glanced upon her rivers, hills, birds and beasts. The gopīs have been embraced by Your arms, and even the goddess of fortune desires this. Now all of these are glorified.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Divine Touch and Glance Glorify Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa speaks this praise to Śrī Balarāma. Vṛndāvana’s earth and grass are glorified by the touch of His lotus feet.

  2. 2

    His fingernails touch the trees and creepers, and His merciful eyes glance upon the rivers, hills, birds and beasts. All are glorified by this contact.

  3. 3

    The gopīs are glorified by the embrace of His arms. Even the goddess of fortune desires this embrace.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.15.8) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Śrī Balarāma.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 24.206 quotesSB 10.15.8

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.15.8) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Śrī Balarāma.

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:

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. dhanyāglorified
  2. iyamthis
  3. adyatoday
  4. dharaṇīthe surface of the globe
  5. tṛṇa-vīrudhaḥthe grass and herbs
  6. tvatYour
  7. pāda-spṛśaḥfrom the touch of the lotus feet
  8. druma-latāḥthe creepers and trees
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “vrajabhūmi”, “gopīs”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “merciful”, “embraced”

  • 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”

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 does this description suggest about the value of the Lord’s merciful attention?

Practice

Reread the verse slowly today, noticing each part of Vṛndāvana that is glorified by Śrī Balarāma’s touch or glance.

Live this todayDivine Touch and Glance Glorify VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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