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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.78
আততত্বাচ্চ মাতৃত্বাদাত্মা হি পরমো হরিঃ ॥ ৭৮ ॥
ātatatvāc ca mātṛtvād
ātmā hi paramo hariḥ
“ ‘Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is the all-pervasive original source of everything; He is therefore the Supersoul of everything.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is all-pervasive.
He is the original source of everything and therefore the Supersoul of everything.
The purport identifies this statement as a quotation from Śrīdhara Svāmī’s Bhāvārtha-dīpikā commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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 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.
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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhāvārtha-dīpikā”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeing Hari as both the source and Supersoul of everything deepen your understanding of Him?
Look at something around you and briefly remember Hari as its original source and Supersoul.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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