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  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 24.94Madhya 24.96

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.95

আর্ত, অর্থার্থী, — দুই সকাম-ভিতরে গণি ।

জিজ্ঞাসু, জ্ঞানী, — দুই মোক্ষকাম মানি ॥ ৯৫ ॥

ārta, arthārthī, — dui sakāma-bhitare gaṇi

jijñāsu, jñānī, — dui mokṣa-kāma māni

Translation

“Materialistic devotees take to devotional service and worship Kṛṣṇa when they are distressed or in need of money. Those who are actually inquisitive to understand the supreme source of everything and those who are in search of knowledge are called transcendentalists, for they desire liberation from all material contamination.

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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 Motives Bring People to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Materialistic devotees worship Kṛṣṇa when they are distressed or need money.

  2. 2

    Those genuinely inquisitive about the supreme source of everything, and those seeking knowledge, are called transcendentalists.

  3. 3

    These transcendentalists desire liberation from all material contamination. Their aim differs from seeking relief or money.

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.
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. ārtadistressed
  2. artha-arthīdesirous of money
  3. duitwo persons
  4. sakāma-bhitarein the division of material activities
  5. gaṇiwe consider
  6. jijñāsuinquisitive
  7. jñānīpursuing knowledge
  8. duitwo
  9. mokṣa-kāmatranscendentalists pursuing spiritual knowledge for liberation
  10. māniI consider
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Are you approaching Kṛṣṇa mainly for material help or to understand the supreme source of everything?

Practice

Write one sincere question you have about the supreme source of everything.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayDifferent Motives Bring People to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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