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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 24.89Madhya 24.91

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.90

অকামঃ সর্বকামো বা মোক্ষকাম উদারধীঃ ।

তীব্রেণ ভক্তিযোগেন যজেত পুরুষং পরম্ ॥ ৯০ ॥

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā

mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ

tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena

yajeta puruṣaṁ param

Translation

“ ‘One who is actually intelligent, although he may be a devotee free from material desires, a karmī desiring all kinds of material facilities, or a jñānī desiring liberation, should seriously engage in bhakti-yoga for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Intelligence Means Taking Up Bhakti-yoga

  1. 1

    An actually intelligent person seriously engages in bhakti-yoga for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    This applies both to a devotee free from material desires and to a karmī seeking material facilities.

  3. 3

    A jñānī seeking liberation should also engage in bhakti-yoga. The teaching is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 24.90 quotesSB 2.3.10

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.3.10).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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.
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. akāmaḥwithout material desires
  2. sarva-kāmaḥfull of all material desires
  3. vāor
  4. mokṣa-kāmaḥdesiring liberation
  5. udāra-dhīḥsincere and advanced in devotional service
  6. tīvreṇafirm
  7. bhaktiyogenaby the practice of bhakti-yoga
  8. yajetashould worship
  9. puruṣam paramthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you make the Lord’s satisfaction the purpose of your devotional effort?

Practice

Before one act of devotional service today, pause and set the intention to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Live this todayIntelligence Means Taking Up Bhakti-yogaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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