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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 24.82Madhya 24.84

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.83

জ্ঞানমার্গে — নির্বিশেষ-ব্রহ্ম প্রকাশে ।

যোগমার্গে — অন্তর্যামী-স্বরূপেতে ভাসে ॥ ৮৩ ॥

jñāna-mārge — nirviśeṣa-brahma prakāśe

yoga-mārge — antaryāmi-svarūpete bhāse

Translation

“If one follows the path of philosophical speculation, the Absolute Truth manifests Himself as impersonal Brahman, and if one follows the path of mystic yoga, He manifests Himself as the Supersoul.

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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.

Different Paths, Different Manifestations

  1. 1

    On the path of philosophical speculation, the Absolute Truth manifests Himself as impersonal Brahman.

  2. 2

    On the path of mystic yoga, He manifests Himself as the Supersoul.

  3. 3

    The Absolute Truth is one, yet the manifestation described here differs according to the path followed.

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 explained this verse in sixty-one different ways. He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jñāna-mārgethe process of philosophical speculation
  2. nirviśeṣa-brahmathe impersonal Brahman effulgence
  3. prakāśebecomes manifest
  4. yoga-mārgeby practicing mystic yoga
  5. antaryāmi-svarūpetein the localized aspect, the Supersoul
  6. bhāseappears
3

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse teach me about the relationship between a spiritual path and its realization?

Practice

Write down each of the two paths and the manifestation of the Absolute Truth associated with it.

Live this todayDifferent Paths, Different ManifestationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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