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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 24.317Madhya 24.319

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.318

কৃষ্ণ-তুল্য ভাগবত — বিভু, সর্বাশ্রয় ।

প্ৰতি-শ্লোকে প্ৰতি-অক্ষরে নানা অর্থ কয় ॥ ৩১৮ ॥

kṛṣṇa-tulya bhāgavata — vibhu, sarvāśraya

prati-śloke prati-akṣare nānā artha kaya

Translation

“Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is as great as Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord and shelter of everything. In each and every verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and in each and every syllable, there are various meanings.

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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.

Every Syllable Holds Various Meanings

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu declares that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is as great as Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord and the shelter of everything. The Lord uses this comparison to explain Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam’s greatness.

  3. 3

    Each verse and each syllable of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam contains various meanings.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa-tulya bhāgavataŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam is identical with Kṛṣṇa
  2. vibhuthe supreme
  3. sarva-āśrayathe origin of everything, or that which controls everything
  4. prati-ślokein every verse
  5. prati-akṣarein every syllable
  6. nānā artha kayathere are varieties of imports
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might awareness of this depth change the care with which I read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam?

Practice

Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam slowly twice, giving careful attention to its words.

Live this todayEvery Syllable Holds Various MeaningsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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