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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 24.97Madhya 24.99

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.98

সত্সঙ্গান্মুক্ত-দুঃসঙ্গো হাতুং নোত্সহতে বুধঃ ।

কীর্ত্যমানং যশো যস্য সকৃদাকর্ণ্য রোচনম্ ॥ ৯৮ ॥

sat-saṅgān mukta-duḥsaṅgo

hātuṁ notsahate budhaḥ

kīrtyamānaṁ yaśo yasya

sakṛd ākarṇya rocanam

Translation

“ ‘The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in the association of pure devotees and have become free from bad, materialistic association, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they have heard them only once.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotee Association Awakens Eagerness to Hear

  1. 1

    The intelligent come to understand the Supreme Lord through the association of pure devotees and become free from bad, materialistic association.

  2. 2

    Having heard the Lord’s glories even once, they cannot give up hearing them.

  3. 3

    Sūta Gosvāmī spoke this verse about the members of the Kuru dynasty, who were overwhelmed as Kṛṣṇa departed from Hastināpura for His own kingdom.

Key points from the purport
  • All the members of the Kuru dynasty offered respects when Kṛṣṇa was leaving Hastināpura after the Battle of Kurukṣetra.
  • Kṛṣṇa was going to His own kingdom, and all the members of the Kuru dynasty were overwhelmed by His departure.
  • This verse was spoken in that connection by Sūta Gosvāmī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 24.98 quotesSB 1.10.11-12

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.10.11).

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. sat-saṅgātby the association of pure devotees
  2. muktafreed
  3. duḥsaṅgaḥthe association of materialistic persons
  4. hātumto give up
  5. nanot
  6. utsahateis able
  7. budhaḥone who is actually learned
  8. kīrtyamānambeing glorified
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”

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

How does the association I keep affect my eagerness to hear about the Lord?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today hearing the Lord’s glories in the company of a devotee.

Live this todayDevotee Association Awakens Eagerness to HearThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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