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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 24.62 Madhya 24.64

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.63

নিজ-গুণে তবে হরে দেহেন্দ্রিয়মন ।

ঐছে কৃপালু কৃষ্ণ, ঐছে তাঁর গুণ ॥ ৬৩ ॥

nija-guṇe tabe hare dehendriya-mana

aiche kṛpālu kṛṣṇa, aiche tāṅra guṇa

Translation

“When the devotee is freed from all sinful material activities, Kṛṣṇa attracts his body, mind and senses to His service. Thus Kṛṣṇa is very merciful, and His transcendental qualities are very attractive.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Attracts the Whole Devotee to Service

1
The verse describes the devotee becoming freed from all sinful material activities.
2
Kṛṣṇa then attracts the devotee’s body, mind and senses to His service.
3
This attraction shows Kṛṣṇa’s great mercy and the attractiveness of His transcendental qualities.

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

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.

nija-guṇeby transcendental qualities
tabethen
hareattracts
deha-indriya-manathe body, senses and mind
aichein that way
kṛpālu kṛṣṇamerciful Kṛṣṇa
aichein that way
tāṅraHis
guṇatranscendental qualities

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: “merciful”, “mercy”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would it mean for your body, mind and senses to be directed toward Kṛṣṇa’s service?

Practice

Spend one minute chanting Kṛṣṇa’s name, listening with your ears and bringing your mind back to Him.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Attracts the Whole Devotee to ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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