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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 24.348Madhya 24.350

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.349

তং সনাতনমুপাগতমক্ষ্ণো-

র্দৃষ্টমাত্রমতিমাত্রদয়ার্দ্রঃ ।

আলিলিঙ্গ পরিঘায়ত-দোর্ভ্যাং

সানুকম্পমথ চম্পক-গৌরঃ ॥ ৩৪৯ ॥

taṁ sanātanam upāgatam akṣṇor

dṛṣṭa-mātram atimātra-dayārdraḥ

āliliṅga parighāyata-dorbhyāṁ

sānukampam atha campaka-gauraḥ

Translation

“As soon as Sanātana Gosvāmī arrived in front of Lord Caitanya, the Lord, seeing him, became merciful to him. The Lord, who has the complexion of a golden campaka flower, opened His arms and embraced him while expressing great affection.”

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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.

The Lord’s Affectionate Embrace

  1. 1

    As soon as Sanātana Gosvāmī appeared before Lord Caitanya, the Lord became merciful to him.

  2. 2

    The Lord’s complexion is described as resembling a golden campaka flower.

  3. 3

    The Lord opened His arms and embraced Sanātana Gosvāmī, expressing great affection.

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. tamunto him
  2. sanātanamSanātana Gosvāmī
  3. upāgatamhaving arrived
  4. akṣṇoḥwith the eyes
  5. dṛṣṭa-mātrambeing only seen
  6. ati-mātragreatly
  7. dayā-ārdraḥmerciful
  8. āliliṅgaembraced
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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: “merciful”, “embraced”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches me most about the affection shown in this meeting?

Practice

Reread the description of the embrace slowly, pausing to reflect on the Lord’s mercy.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Affectionate EmbraceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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