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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.224
কৃষ্ণমননে মুনি কৃষ্ণে সর্বদা ভজয় ।
‘আত্মারামা অপি’ ভজে, — গৌণ অর্থ কয় ॥ ২২৪ ॥
kṛṣṇa-manane muni kṛṣṇe sarvadā bhajaya
‘ātmārāmā api’ bhaje, — gauṇa artha kaya
“Saintly persons who are always meditating upon Kṛṣṇa are engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. The ātmārāmas are also engaged in the Lord’s service. That is the indirect import.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In the anvācaye meaning of ca, one of the two joined terms receives more importance, while the other is subordinate.
As collecting alms is primary and bringing in the cows is secondary, one who always meditates upon Kṛṣṇa is primarily understood as His devotee engaged in devotional service.
The other ātmārāmas also engage in the Lord’s service, but they are subordinate in this explanation. This is the indirect import.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
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In this verse: “saintly”
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.
How can your meditation upon Kṛṣṇa remain connected with devotional service?
Spend a brief moment meditating upon Kṛṣṇa before doing one small act of service to Him today.
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