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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.222
‘নির্গ্রন্থাঃ’ হঞা ইহাঁ ‘অপি’ — নির্ধারণে ।
‘রামশ্চ কৃষ্ণশ্চ’ যথা বিহরয়ে বনে ॥ ২২২ ॥
‘nirgranthāḥ’ hañā ihāṅ ‘api’ — nirdhāraṇe
‘rāmaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca’ yathā viharaye vane
“The word ‘nirgranthāḥ’ can be used as an adjective, and ‘api’ can be used in the sense of certainty. For instance, rāmaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca means that both Rāma and Kṛṣṇa enjoy walking in the forest.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The word nirgranthāḥ can be used as an adjective.
The word api can be used in the sense of certainty.
The example rāmaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca means that both Rāma and Kṛṣṇa enjoy walking in the forest. Both are understood to be enjoying Their forest tour.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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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How does the word “both” help you understand the example about Rāma and Kṛṣṇa?
Read the example aloud once, then restate its meaning in your own words.
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