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  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 24.47Madhya 24.49

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.48

স্বসুখনিভৃতচেতাস্তদ্‌ব্যুদস্তান্যভাবোঽ-

প্যজিতরুচিরলীলাকৃষ্টসারস্তদীয়ম্‌ ।

ব্যতনুত কৃপয়া যস্তত্ত্বদীপং পুরাণং

তমখিলবৃজিনঘ্নং ব্যাস-সূনুং নতোঽস্মি ॥ ৪৮ ॥

sva-sukha-nibhṛta-cetās tad-vyudastānya-bhāvo

’py ajita-rucira-līlākṛṣṭa-sāras tadīyam

vyatanuta kṛpayā yas tattva-dīpaṁ purāṇaṁ

tam akhila-vṛjina-ghnaṁ vyāsa-sūnuṁ nato ’smi

Translation

“ ‘I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva and the destroyer of all sinful reactions. Being full in self-realization and bliss, he had no material desire. Still, he was attracted by the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and out of compassion for the people he described the transcendental historical literature called Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. This is compared to the light of the Absolute Truth.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śukadeva Shares Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Out of Compassion

  1. 1

    The verse offers respectful obeisances to Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva and the destroyer of all sinful reactions.

  2. 2

    He was full in self-realization and bliss, with no material desire. Still, the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead attracted him.

  3. 3

    Out of compassion for the people, he described the transcendental historical literature Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. It is compared to the light of the Absolute Truth.

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. sva-sukha-nirbhṛta-cetāḥwhose mind was always fully absorbed in the happiness of self-realization
  2. tatby that
  3. vyudasta-anya-bhāvaḥbeing freed from all other attractions
  4. apialthough
  5. ajita-rucira-līlāby the most attractive pastimes of Ajita, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. ākṛṣṭaattracted
  7. sāraḥwhose heart
  8. tadīyamin relation to the Lord
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Śukadeva’s compassion shape the way you receive Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, remembering his compassion in sharing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Live this todayŚukadeva Shares Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Out of CompassionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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