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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 24.39Madhya 24.41

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.40

শাস্ত্রযুক্তি নাহি ইহাঁ সিদ্ধান্ত-বিচার ।

এই স্বভাব-গুণে, যাতে মাধুর্যের সার ॥ ৪০ ॥

śāstra-yukti nāhi ihāṅ siddhānta-vicāra

ei svabhāva-guṇe, yāte mādhuryera sāra

Translation

“When one is attracted to Kṛṣṇa on the transcendental platform, there is no longer any logical argument on the basis of revealed scripture, nor are there considerations of such conclusions. This is His transcendental quality that is the essence of all transcendental sweetness.

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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.

Transcendental Attraction Goes Beyond Logical Argument

  1. 1

    This verse describes attraction to Kṛṣṇa on the transcendental platform.

  2. 2

    In that attraction, there is no longer logical argument based on revealed scripture or consideration of such conclusions.

  3. 3

    This is Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental quality, the essence of all transcendental sweetness.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śāstra-yuktilogic on the basis of revealed scripture
  2. nāhithere is not
  3. ihāṅhere
  4. siddhānta-vicāraconsideration of logical conclusions
  5. eithis
  6. svabhāva-guṇea natural quality
  7. yātein which
  8. mādhuryera sārathe essence of all transcendental bliss
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does this verse suggest between reasoning about Kṛṣṇa and being transcendentally attracted to Him?

Practice

Reread the verse, then spend a quiet minute reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental sweetness.

Live this todayTranscendental Attraction Goes Beyond Logical ArgumentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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