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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.304
‘অপি’-শব্দ — অবধারণে, সেহ চারি বার ।
চারিশব্দ-সঙ্গে এবের করিবে উচ্চার ॥ ৩০৪ ॥
‘api’-śabda — avadhāraṇe, seha cāri bāra
cāri-śabda-saṅge evera karibe uccāra
“The word ‘api’ is then used in the sense of ascertainment, and then the word ‘eva’ can be uttered four times with four words.
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The word ‘api’ is now used in the sense of ascertainment.
The word ‘eva’ can then be uttered four times with four words.
This continues the preceding explanation, in which everyone must engage in the service of the Lord.
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 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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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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How does the preceding conclusion help me keep the purpose of this grammatical explanation in view?
Read this verse alongside the preceding one, noting the sense of ‘api’ and the conclusion about serving the Lord.
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