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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 24.346Madhya 24.348

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.347

নিজ-গ্রন্থে কর্ণপূর বিস্তার করিয়া ।

সনাতনে প্রভুর প্রসাদ রাখিয়াছে লিখিয়া ॥ ৩৪৭ ॥

nija-granthe karṇapūra vistāra kariyā

sanātane prabhura prasāda rākhiyāche likhiyā

Translation

The authorized poet Kavi-karṇapūra has written a book named Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka. This book tells how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu blessed Sanātana Gosvāmī with His specific mercy.

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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.

An Authorized Account of the Lord’s Mercy

  1. 1

    Kavi-karṇapūra is identified as an authorized poet.

  2. 2

    He wrote the book Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka.

  3. 3

    This book tells how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu blessed Sanātana Gosvāmī with His specific mercy.

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. nija-granthein his own book
  2. karṇapūraKavi-karṇapūra
  3. vistāra kariyāvividly describing
  4. sanātaneunto Sanātana Gosvāmī
  5. prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. prasādathe mercy
  7. rākhiyāchehas kept
  8. likhiyāwriting
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”, “blessed”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why is it important to learn about the Lord’s mercy from authorized accounts?

Practice

Read the following account of Sanātana Gosvāmī and note one expression of the Lord’s mercy.

Live this todayAn Authorized Account of the Lord’s MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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