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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 24.61Madhya 24.63

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.62

তবে করে ভক্তিবাধক কর্ম, অবিদ্যা নাশ ।

শ্রবণাদ্যের ফল ‘প্রেমা’ করয়ে প্রকাশ ॥ ৬২ ॥

tabe kare bhakti-bādhaka karma, avidyā nāśa

śravaṇādyera phala ‘premā’ karaye prakāśa

Translation

“In this way, when all sinful activities are vanquished by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one gradually vanquishes all kinds of impediments on the path of devotional service, as well as the ignorance resulting from these impediments. After this, one totally manifests his original love of Godhead through devotional service in nine different ways — hearing, chanting and so forth.

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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.

Devotional Service Reveals Original Love of Godhead

  1. 1

    Sinful activities are vanquished by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    One gradually overcomes impediments on the path of devotional service, along with the ignorance resulting from them.

  3. 3

    Then one fully manifests original love of Godhead through nine forms of devotional service, including hearing and chanting.

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:

He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways. He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations.
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. tabethereafter
  2. karedoes
  3. bhakti-bādhakaimpediments on the path of devotional service
  4. karmaactivities
  5. avidyāignorance
  6. nāśavanquishing
  7. śravaṇa-ādyeraof hearing, chanting and so forth
  8. phalathe result
  9. premālove of Godhead
  10. karaye prakāśacauses a manifestation of
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “grace”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”

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

How does this gradual unfolding encourage you to continue hearing and chanting?

Practice

Set aside two minutes today to chant Kṛṣṇa’s name and listen attentively.

Live this todayDevotional Service Reveals Original Love of GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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