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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.275
যদ্যপি ‘মুক্তি’-শব্দের হয় পঞ্চ বৃত্তি ।
রূঢ়িবৃত্ত্যে কহে তবু ‘সাযুজ্যে’ প্রতীতি ॥ ২৭৫ ॥
yadyapi ‘mukti’-śabdera haya pañca vṛtti
rūḍhi-vṛttye kahe tabu ‘sāyujye’ pratīti
“The word ‘mukti’ refers to five kinds of liberation. But its direct meaning usually conveys the idea of becoming one with the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The word “mukti” refers to five kinds of liberation.
Its direct meaning usually conveys the idea of becoming one with the Lord.
The word therefore has a broader range of meanings than the idea it usually conveys.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya thus became a pure Vaiṣṇava, and the other learned scholars there followed him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might a word’s usual meaning affect my understanding of its broader meaning?
Make two short notes for “mukti”: its range of five kinds of liberation and its usual meaning of becoming one with the Lord.
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