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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 24.225Madhya 24.227

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.226

‘নির্গ্রন্থ হঞা’ — এই দুঁহার ‘বিশেষণ’ ।

আর অর্থ শুন, যৈছে সাধুর সঙ্গম ॥ ২২৬ ॥

‘nirgrantha hañā’ — ei duṅhāra ‘viśeṣaṇa’

āra artha śuna, yaiche sādhura saṅgama

Translation

“The word ‘nirgrantha’ can be taken as an adjective modifying ‘muni’ and ‘ātmārāma.’ There is another meaning, which you may hear from Me, indicating association with a devotee. Now I shall explain how it is that through the association of devotees, even a nirgrantha can become a devotee.

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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.

Devotee Association Opens the Way to Devotion

  1. 1

    The word ‘nirgrantha’ can be an adjective modifying both ‘muni’ and ‘ātmārāma.’

  2. 2

    Another meaning introduces the importance of association with a devotee.

  3. 3

    Through the association of devotees, even a nirgrantha can become a devotee.

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. nirgrantha hañābecoming nirgrantha
  2. eithis
  3. duṅhāraof both
  4. viśeṣaṇathe adjective
  5. āra arthaanother import
  6. śunaplease hear
  7. yaichein which
  8. sādhura saṅgamathere is association with devotees
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”

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

How might association with devotees help my own devotional life?

Practice

Make time today for a brief conversation with a devotee about devotional service.

Live this todayDevotee Association Opens the Way to DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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