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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 24.27Madhya 24.29

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.28

এক ভুক্তি কহে, ভোগ — অনন্ত-প্রকার ।

সিদ্ধি — অষ্টাদশ, মুক্তি — পঞ্চবিধাকার ॥ ২৮ ॥

eka bhukti kahe, bhoga — ananta-prakāra

siddhi — aṣṭādaśa, mukti — pañca-vidhākāra

Translation

“First we take the word ‘bhukti’ [‘material enjoyment’], which is of unlimited variety. We may also take the word ‘siddhi’ [‘perfection’], which has eighteen varieties. Similarly, the word ‘mukti’ has five varieties.

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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.

Enjoyment, Perfection and Liberation Have Varieties

  1. 1

    Bhukti means material enjoyment, which has unlimited varieties.

  2. 2

    Siddhi means perfection and has eighteen varieties.

  3. 3

    Mukti means liberation and has five varieties. These are the three kinds of goals discussed as motives for action.

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.
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. ekafirst
  2. bhuktimaterial enjoyment by doing something
  3. kaheis known
  4. bhogaenjoyment
  5. ananta-prakāraunlimited varieties
  6. siddhithe yogic perfections
  7. aṣṭādaśaeighteen in number
  8. muktiliberation
  9. pañca-vidhā-ākārafive varieties
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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: “discussed”

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 does recognizing these different goals help me examine what I seek?

Practice

Make a three-line study note: bhukti—unlimited varieties; siddhi—eighteen; mukti—five.

Live this todayEnjoyment, Perfection and Liberation Have VarietiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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