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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.309
“ক্ষেত্রজ্ঞ আত্মা পুরুষঃ
প্রধানং প্রকৃতিঃ স্ত্রিয়াম্ ॥” ৩০৯ ॥
“kṣetrajña ātmā puruṣaḥ
pradhānaṁ prakṛtiḥ striyām”
“ ‘The word ‘kṣetrajña’ refers to the living entity, the enjoyer, the chief and material nature.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This definition of ‘kṣetrajña’ is quoted from the Svarga-varga of the Amara-kośa dictionary.
The word refers to the living entity and the enjoyer.
The definition also includes the chief and material nature.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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