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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 24.66Madhya 24.68

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.67

চান্বাচয়ে সমাহারেঽন্যোঽন্যার্থে চ সমুচ্চয়ে ।

যত্নান্তরে তথা পাদপূরণেঽপ্যবধারণে ॥ ৬৭ ॥

cānvācaye samāhāre

’nyonyārthe ca samuccaye

yatnāntare tathā pāda-

pūraṇe ’py avadhāraṇe

Translation

“ ‘The word “ca” [“and”] is used to connect a word or sentence with a previous word or sentence, to give the sense of aggregation, to assist the meaning, to give a collective understanding, to suggest another effort or exertion, or to fulfill the meter of a verse. It is also used in the sense of certainty.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Seven Uses of ‘Ca’

  1. 1

    ‘Ca’ can connect a word or sentence with a previous one, give the sense of aggregation, or assist the meaning.

  2. 2

    It can give a collective understanding, suggest another effort or exertion, or fulfill the meter of a verse.

  3. 3

    It can also express certainty. This explanation is quoted from the Viśva-prakāśa dictionary.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from the Viśva-prakāśa dictionary.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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 then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.
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. cathis word ca
  2. anvācayein connecting one with another
  3. samāhārein the sense of aggregation
  4. anyonya-artheto help one another in the imports
  5. cathe word ca
  6. samuccayein aggregate understanding
  7. yatna-antarein another effort
  8. tathāas well as
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which use of ‘ca’ goes furthest beyond your usual understanding of ‘and’?

Practice

Write down the seven uses of ‘ca,’ numbering them from one to seven.

Live this todayThe Seven Uses of ‘Ca’This verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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