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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.64
চারি পুরুষার্থ ছাড়ায়, গুণে হরে সবার মন ।
‘হরি’-শব্দের এই মুখ্য কহিলুঁ লক্ষণ ॥ ৬৪ ॥
cāri puruṣārtha chāḍāya, guṇe hare sabāra mana
‘hari’-śabdera ei mukhya kahiluṅ lakṣaṇa
“When one’s mind, senses and body are attracted to the transcendental qualities of Hari, one gives up the four principles of material success. Thus I have explained the chief meanings of the word ‘hari.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When the mind, senses and body are attracted to Hari’s transcendental qualities, one gives up the four principles of material success.
These principles are religious performance, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. Here liberation means merging into the impersonal effulgence of Brahman.
These things do not interest the devotee. The verse concludes the explanation of the chief meanings of ‘hari.’
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “hari”, “hari’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which of these aims most competes with your interest in Hari?
Write down the four principles listed here, then pause to reflect on attraction to Hari as beyond them.
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