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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.158Madhya 25.160

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.159

আত্মারামাশ্চ মুনয়ো নির্গ্রন্থা অপ্যুরুক্রমে ।

কুর্বন্ত্যহৈতুকীং ভক্তিমিত্থম্ভূতগুণো হরিঃ ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

ātmārāmāś ca munayo

nirgranthā apy urukrame

kurvanty ahaitukīṁ bhaktim

ittham-bhūta-guṇo hariḥ

Translation

“ ‘Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires are also attracted to the loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose qualities are transcendental and whose activities are wonderful. Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is called Kṛṣṇa because He has such transcendentally attractive features.’”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Attracts Even the Self-Satisfied

  1. 1

    Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires are also attracted to the loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    His qualities are transcendental, and His activities are wonderful.

  3. 3

    Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is called Kṛṣṇa because He has such transcendentally attractive features.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.159 quotesSB 1.7.10

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.7.10).

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

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about devotional service in terms of the Vedānta-sūtra, and the Lord told him about devotional service that is approved by great personalities who know the Vedānta-sūtra. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then pointed out that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the proper commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ātma-ārāmāḥpersons who take pleasure in being transcendentally situated in the service of the Lord
  2. caalso
  3. munayaḥgreat saintly persons who have completely rejected material aspirations, fruitive activities, and so forth
  4. nirgranthāḥwithout interest in any material desire
  5. apicertainly
  6. urukrameunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, whose activities are wonderful
  7. kurvantido
  8. ahaitukīmcauseless, or without material desires
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “hari”

  • 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

How does this verse distinguish attraction to loving service from material desire?

Practice

Write one sentence about how even a self-satisfied person can be drawn to loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Attracts Even the Self-SatisfiedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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