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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.228
‘কৃষ্ণারামাশ্চ’ এব — হয় কৃষ্ণ-মনন ।
ব্যাধ হঞা হয় পূজ্য ভাগবতোত্তম ॥ ২২৮ ॥
‘kṛṣṇārāmāś ca’ eva — haya kṛṣṇa-manana
vyādha hañā haya pūjya bhāgavatottama
“The words ‘kṛṣṇārāmaś ca’ refer to one who takes pleasure in thinking of Kṛṣṇa. Even though such a person may be a hunter, he is still worshipable and is the best of devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The words ‘kṛṣṇārāmaś ca’ describe someone who takes pleasure in thinking of Kṛṣṇa.
Even though that person may be a hunter, he is still worshipable.
Such a person is described as the best of devotees; his occupation does not cancel his devotional standing.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What place does taking pleasure in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa have in my day?
Set aside one quiet minute today simply to think of Kṛṣṇa.
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