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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 24.351Madhya 24.353

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.352

কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপগণের সকল হয় ‘জ্ঞান’ ।

বিধি-রাগ-মার্গে ‘সাধনভক্তি’র বিধান ॥ ৩৫২ ॥

kṛṣṇera svarūpa-gaṇera sakala haya ‘jñāna’

vidhi-rāga-mārge ‘sādhana-bhakti’ra vidhāna

Translation

By reading these instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī, one will become fully aware of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s various expansions and the process of devotional service according to the regulative principles and spontaneous love. Thus everything can be fully known.

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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.

Study Reveals Kṛṣṇa and Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Reading the instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī brings full awareness of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s various expansions.

  2. 2

    These instructions explain devotional service according to regulative principles and spontaneous love.

  3. 3

    Through studying these instructions, everything described here can be fully known.

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. kṛṣṇera svarūpa-gaṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa in His various expansions
  2. sakalaall
  3. hayathere is
  4. jñānaknowledge
  5. vidhi-rāga-mārgein the process of devotional service under regulative principles or in spontaneous love
  6. sādhana bhaktira vidhānathe authorized means of executing devotional service
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which aspect of these instructions do I most need to understand more clearly?

Practice

Reread one instruction to Sanātana Gosvāmī today and write down one thing it teaches about devotional service.

Live this todayStudy Reveals Kṛṣṇa and Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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