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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 24.79Madhya 24.81

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.80

তিন সাধনে ভগবান্‌ তিন স্বরূপে ভাসে ।

ব্রহ্ম, পরমাত্মা, ভগবত্তা, — ত্রিবিধ প্রকাশে ॥ ৮০ ॥

tina sādhane bhagavān tina svarūpe bhāse

brahma, paramātmā, bhagavattā, — trividha prakāśe

Translation

“The Absolute Truth is the same, but according to the process by which one understands Him, He appears in three forms — as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

One Truth Revealed According to the Process

  1. 1

    The Absolute Truth remains the same.

  2. 2

    According to the process by which one understands Him, He appears as Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.

  3. 3

    Bhagavān is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These three forms do not make the Absolute Truth three separate truths.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tina sādhaneby these three different processes
  2. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  3. tinathree
  4. svarūpein identities
  5. bhāseappears
  6. brahmathe impersonal feature
  7. paramātmāthe localized feature
  8. bhagavattāand the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  9. trividha prakāśethree manifestations
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse help you distinguish the one Absolute Truth from different ways of understanding Him?

Practice

Say the three names—Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān—and then recall that the Absolute Truth is the same.

Live this todayOne Truth Revealed According to the ProcessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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