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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.190
নববিধ অর্থ কৈল শাস্ত্রমত লঞা ।
শুনি’ প্রভু কহে কিছু ঈষৎ হাসিয়া ॥ ১৯০ ॥
nava-vidha artha kaila śāstra-mata lañā
śuni’ prabhu kahe kichu īṣat hāsiyā
The Bhaṭṭācārya explained the ātmārāma verse in nine different ways on the basis of scripture. After hearing his explanation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, smiling a little, began to speak.
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The Bhaṭṭācārya explained the ātmārāma verse in nine ways on the basis of scripture. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard him and then began to speak, smiling a little.
At Naimiṣāraṇya, great sages headed by Śaunaka Ṛṣi discussed this verse. They questioned Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī, who presided at their meeting.
They asked why Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, a paramahaṁsa already in the transcendental position, was attracted to discussion of Kṛṣṇa’s qualities. Their question concerned why he studied Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
At the request of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then explained the ātmārāma verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in eighteen different ways. When the Bhaṭṭācārya came to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu disclosed His real identity.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “discussed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What interests me about hearing the qualities of Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a minute reflecting on the sages’ question about Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa’s qualities.
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