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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 24.44Madhya 24.46

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.45

তস্যারবিন্দনয়নস্য পদারবিন্দ-

কিঞ্জল্কমিশ্রতুলসীমকরন্দবায়ুঃ ।

অন্তর্গতঃ স্ববিবরেণ চকার তেষাং

সংক্ষোভমক্ষরজুষামপি চিত্ততন্বোঃ ॥ ৪৫ ॥

tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda-

kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makaranda-vāyuḥ

antar-gataḥ sva-vivareṇa cakāra teṣāṁ

saṅkṣobham akṣara-juṣām api citta-tanvoḥ

Translation

“ ‘When the breeze carrying the aroma of tulasī leaves and saffron from the lotus feet of the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead entered through the nostrils into the hearts of those sages [the Kumāras], they experienced a change in both body and mind, even though they were attached to the impersonal Brahman understanding.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Kumāras Experience a Change of Heart

  1. 1

    A breeze carried the aroma of tulasī leaves and saffron from the lotus feet of the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The aroma entered through the Kumāras’ nostrils into their hearts. They experienced a change in both body and mind.

  3. 3

    This change occurred even though they were attached to the impersonal Brahman understanding.

Connected verses· 2

The purport of CC Madhya 24.45 quotesSB 3.15.43

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.15.43).

The purport of CC Madhya 24.45 quotesCC Madhya 17.142

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.15.43).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. tasyaof Him
  2. aravinda-nayanasyaof the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose eyes are like the petals of a lotus
  3. padaaravindaof the lotus feet
  4. kiñjalkawith saffron
  5. miśramixed
  6. tulasīof tulasī leaves
  7. makarandawith the aroma
  8. vāyuḥthe air
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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

What does the Kumāras’ experience suggest about remaining open to a deeper spiritual attraction?

Practice

Read the verse attentively and note the contrast between the sages’ prior attachment and the change they experienced.

Live this todayThe Kumāras Experience a Change of HeartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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