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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 24.42Madhya 24.44

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.43

অলৌকিক রূপ, রস, সৌরভাদি গুণ ।

কারো মন কোন গুণে করে আকর্ষণ ॥ ৪৩ ॥

alaukika rūpa, rasa, saurabhādi guṇa

kāro mana kona guṇe kare ākarṣaṇa

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa has unlimited qualities. The devotees are attracted by His uncommon beauty, mellows and fragrance. Thus they are differently situated in the different transcendental mellows. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is called all-attractive.

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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’s Qualities Attract Devotees in Different Ways

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa has unlimited qualities. His uncommon beauty, mellows and fragrance attract His devotees.

  2. 2

    Devotees are differently situated in different transcendental mellows, or devotional tastes.

  3. 3

    Because of this attraction through His qualities, Kṛṣṇa is called all-attractive.

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. alaukika rūpauncommon beauty
  2. rasamellows
  3. saurabha-ādi guṇaqualities like transcendental fragrance
  4. kāro manathe mind of a devotee
  5. kona guṇeby some particular quality
  6. karedoes
  7. ākarṣaṇaattracting
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which quality mentioned here most draws your attention toward Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one quality named in this verse and write a sentence about why it attracts your attention.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Qualities Attract Devotees in Different WaysThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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