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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 25.259Madhya 25.261

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.260

ত্রয়োবিংশে — প্রেমভক্তিরসের কথন ।

চতুর্বিংশে — ‘আত্মারামাঃ’-শ্লোকার্থ বর্ণন ॥ ২৬০ ॥

trayoviṁśe — prema-bhakti-rasera kathana

caturviṁśe — ‘ātmārāmāḥ’-ślokārtha varṇana

Translation

In the twenty-third chapter there is a description of the mellows of transcendental loving service, and in the twenty-fourth chapter I have described how the Lord analyzed the ātmārāma verse.

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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.

Loving Service and the Lord’s Analysis

  1. 1

    The twenty-third chapter describes the mellows, or devotional tastes, of transcendental loving service.

  2. 2

    The twenty-fourth chapter describes the Lord’s analysis of the ātmārāma verse.

  3. 3

    This summary points to both loving service and careful understanding of the Lord’s explanation.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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. trayaḥ-viṁśein the twenty-third chapter
  2. prema-bhaktiof ecstatic love of Godhead
  3. raseraof the mellow
  4. kathananarration
  5. catuḥ-viṁśein the twenty-fourth chapter
  6. ātmārāmāḥknown as ātmārāma
  7. śloka-arthathe meaning of the verse
  8. varṇanadescription
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

  • 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 can you give attention to both loving service and careful study?

Practice

Pause today to reflect on the phrase “transcendental loving service,” and write one question you would like to explore.

Live this todayLoving Service and the Lord’s AnalysisThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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