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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 24.37Madhya 24.39

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.38

সর্বাকর্ষক, সর্বাহ্লাদক, মহারসায়ন ।

আপনার বলে করে সর্ব-বিস্মারণ ॥ ৩৮ ॥

sarvākarṣaka, sarvāhlādaka, mahā-rasāyana

āpanāra bale kare sarva-vismāraṇa

Translation

“Lord Kṛṣṇa is so exalted that He is more attractive than anything else and more pleasing than anything else. He is the most sublime abode of bliss. By His own strength, He causes one to forget all other ecstasies.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Most Sublime Abode of Bliss

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa is more attractive than anything else.

  2. 2

    He is also more pleasing than anything else and is the most sublime abode of bliss.

  3. 3

    By His own strength, Kṛṣṇa causes one to forget all other ecstasies.

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:

According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ. He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sarva-ākarṣakaall-attractive
  2. sarva-āhlādakaall-pleasing
  3. mahā-rasa-ayanathe complete abode of transcendental mellows
  4. āpanāra baleby His own strength
  5. karecauses
  6. sarva-vismāraṇaforgetfulness of all other bliss
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which description of Kṛṣṇa in this verse draws your attention most?

Practice

Spend one minute reflecting on Kṛṣṇa as ‘the most sublime abode of bliss.’

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Most Sublime Abode of BlissThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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