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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.295
ইতরেতর ‘চ’ দিয়া সমাস করিয়ে ।
‘আটান্ন’বার আত্মারাম নাম লইয়ে ॥ ২৯৫ ॥
itaretara ‘ca’ diyā samāsa kariye
‘āṭānna’-bāra ātmārāma nāma la-iye
“In this way, as I add the word ‘ca’ to one word after another, I make a compound. Thus the different names of ātmārāmas can be taken fifty-eight times.
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The word ‘ca’ is added to one word after another.
This joining makes a compound.
In this way, the different names of ātmārāmas can be taken fifty-eight times.
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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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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
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