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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.66
তথাপি চ-কারের কহে মুখ্য অর্থ সাত ॥ ৬৬ ॥
tathāpi ca-kārera kahe mukhya artha sāta
“The word ‘ca’ can be explained in seven ways.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The word ‘ca’ can be explained in seven ways.
Its uses include connecting words or sentences and giving a sense of aggregation.
It can also assist meaning, give collective understanding, suggest another effort, fulfill meter, or express certainty.
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 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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you usually notice how a familiar word can serve different purposes?
Read the seven uses of ‘ca’ in the next verse and choose one to remember.
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