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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.70
এই ত’ একাদশ পদের অর্থ-নির্ণয় ।
এবে শ্লোকার্থ করি, যথা যে লাগয় ॥ ৭০ ॥
ei ta’ ekādaśa padera artha-nirṇaya
ebe ślokārtha kari, yathā ye lāgaya
“I have now described the different meanings of the eleven separate words. Now let Me give the complete meaning of the śloka, as it is applied in different places.
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The different meanings of eleven separate words have now been described.
The explanation now turns to the complete meaning of the śloka, or verse.
That complete meaning will be explained as it is applied in different places.
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:
Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the 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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