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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 24.222Madhya 24.224

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.223

চ-শব্দে ‘অন্বাচয়ে’ অর্থ কহে আর ।

‘বটো, ভিক্ষামট, গাঞ্চানয়’ যৈছে প্রকার ॥ ২২৩ ॥

ca-śabde ‘anvācaye’ artha kahe āra

‘baṭo, bhikṣām aṭa, gāṁ cānaya’ yaiche prakāra

Translation

“The word ‘ca’ can also present a secondary thing to be done at the same time. This way of understanding the word ‘ca’ is called anvācaye. An example is ‘O brahmacārī, go out to collect alms and at the same time bring in the cows.’

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

1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ca Can Join Main and Secondary Tasks

  1. 1

    The word ca can introduce a secondary thing to be done at the same time as another task.

  2. 2

    This way of understanding ca is called anvācaye.

  3. 3

    The example asks a brahmacārī to collect alms and, at the same time, bring in the cows. Collecting alms is the main task, while bringing in the cows is secondary.

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 analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ca-śabdeby the word ca
  2. anvācayein presenting an action of secondary importance
  3. arthameaning
  4. kahesays
  5. āraanother
  6. baṭoO brahmacārī
  7. bhikṣām aṭajust bring some alms
  8. gām ca ānayaalso, at the same time, bring the cows
  9. yaiche prakārain this way
3

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does identifying the main task help you understand this use of ca?

Practice

Write the example as two tasks and label each one “main” or “secondary.”

Live this todayCa Can Join Main and Secondary TasksThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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