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27 October 2023
- 18:1718:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist −67 This verse (SB 1.7.10) had been previously explained to a great Vedantist known as Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. After taking lessons from Lord Caitanya, Sanatana Gosvami referred to this incident and prayed to the Lord to again explain the Atmarama verse No edit summary
- 18:1318:13, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 This atmarama verse was once nicely explained by Lord Caitanya to Sanatana Goswami. There is a detailed explanation of this verse in the author's Teachings of Lord Caitanya No edit summary
- 18:1218:12, 27 October 2023 diff hist −14 This (CC Madhya 6.186) is the famous atmarama verse - SB 1.7.10 No edit summary current
- 18:0918:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist 0 The word 'ahaituki' is always applicable to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Urukrama. In this way I have described thirteen complete meanings - of the atmarama verse No edit summary current
- 18:0718:07, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: sagarbha-yogarudha, one who has been elevated to the platform of yogic perfection by meditating on the Visnu form No edit summary current
- 18:0518:05, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (9) nigarbha-yogaruruksu, one who is trying for perfection in impersonal meditation No edit summary current
- 18:0418:04, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (8) sagarbha-yogaruruksu, a yogi meditating upon the four-handed Visnu form and desiring yogic perfection No edit summary
- 18:0018:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (7) nirgrantha-muni, a completely liberated saint No edit summary current
- 17:5817:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (5) jivan-mukta, one who is liberated in this life; (6) prapta-svarupa, one who has attained his original constitutional position No edit summary current
- 17:5717:57, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (3) prapta-brahma-laya, one who has actually attained Brahman perfection; (4) mumuksu, one who desires liberation No edit summary current
- 17:5517:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (13) nigarbha-prapta-siddhi, one who has attained perfection by practicing impersonal meditation No edit summary current
- 17:5217:52, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (12) sagarbha-prapta-siddhi, one who has attained the perfectional stage by meditating on the Visnu form No edit summary current
- 17:5117:51, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (11) nigarbha-yogarudha, an impersonal yogi on the platform of perfection No edit summary current
- 17:5017:50, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The thirteen meanings of the atmarama verse mentioned here are based on the following meanings for the word atmarama: (1) sadhaka, the neophyte performer; (2) brahma-maya, one absorbed in the thought of impersonal Brahman No edit summary current
- 17:4717:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +12 The Lord (Caitanya) established the import of the eleven words in the Atmarama verse, and then He began to explain the import of each item No edit summary current
- 17:4317:43, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The Bhattacarya explained the atmarama verse in nine different ways on the basis of scripture. After hearing his explanation, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, smiling a little, began to speak No edit summary current
- 17:4217:42, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 The atmarama verse is like the sentence 'In this forest many different trees bear fruit.' All atmaramas render devotional service to Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 17:3917:39, 27 October 2023 diff hist +12 There are eleven words in the atmarama verse, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu explained each word, one after the other No edit summary current
- 17:3717:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +12 There are eleven items in the Atmarama verse: (1) atmaramah, (2) ca, (3) munayah, (4) nirgranthah, (5) api, (6) urukrame, (7) kurvanti, (8) ahaitukim, (9) bhaktim, (10) ittham-bhuta-gunah, (11) harih No edit summary current
- 17:3417:34, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya then began to explain the atmarama verse, and according to the principles of logic, he put forward various propositions No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 Please hear the meaning of the word 'ittham-bhuta-guna,' which is found in the atmarama verse. 'Ittham-bhuta' has different meanings, and 'guna' has other meanings No edit summary current
- 17:3017:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −14 Lord Caitanya replied that first of all Bhattacarya should explain the Atmarama verse according to his own understanding, and then Lord Caitanya would explain it No edit summary current
- 17:2817:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist +12 Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave him (Sanatana Gosvami) His blessings to do all the works and also explained to Sanatana Gosvami the import of the atmarama verse from sixty-one different angles of vision No edit summary
- 17:2717:27, 27 October 2023 diff hist −14 Lord Caitanya explained a very famous verse known as the Atmarama verse, which appears in Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary current
- 17:2517:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 Lord Caitanya did not mention the nine different explanations of Bhattacarya, but He did explain the verse by analyzing these eleven words. In this way, He expounded sixty-one different explanations of the Atmarama verse No edit summary current
- 17:2217:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +12 Kaviraja Gosvami, the author of Caitanya-caritamrta, appreciating the Lord's explanation of the Atmarama verse, has also glorified Lord Caitanya in his prayers No edit summary current
- 17:2117:21, 27 October 2023 diff hist −31 In this way we have found three more meanings (of the atmarama verse). Combine these with the other meanings, and the total number of meanings adds up to twenty-six in all No edit summary current
- 17:1917:19, 27 October 2023 diff hist 0 I have already spoken about thirteen meanings (of the atmarama verse). Now there are six more. Combined, these make nineteen No edit summary current
- 17:1817:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 In this way we have found three more meanings (of the atmarama verse). Combine these with the other meanings, and the total number of meanings adds up to twenty-six in all No edit summary
- 17:1417:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 In this way I shall progressively explain all the words in the atmarama verse. It should be understood that all these words are meant to enable one to taste the transcendental qualities of Krsna No edit summary current
- 17:1317:13, 27 October 2023 diff hist +12 In this atmarama verse it is stated that even those who are completely liberated from material contamination are attracted by the transcendental qualities of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
- 17:0717:07, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 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 atmarama verse No edit summary current
- 17:0617:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −45 In the atmarama verse of the SB, it is said that those who are already situated on the platform of self-realization are attracted by the transcendental qualities of Krsna. This means that Krsna's qualities are not material but pure and transcendental No edit summary current
- 17:0417:04, 27 October 2023 diff hist +53 In summary, Krsna is the meaning behind all the words in the Atmarama verse. Up to this point Lord Caitanya spoke only of the introduction to the Atmarama verse. Next He explains its real position No edit summary current
- 17:0017:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist +53 Falling flat at the feet of Lord Caitanya, Sanatana Gosvami requested Him to explain the Atmarama verse as He had explained it to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Sanatana explained his eagerness to hear the same explanation in order that he might be enlightened No edit summary
- 16:5416:54, 27 October 2023 diff hist +53 Continuing to explain the Atmarama verse, Lord Caitanya pointed out that the word atma also indicated all varieties of the Personality of Godhead. Generally the Personality of Godhead Himself, Krsna, and His different expansions are all known as the PG No edit summary current
- 16:5116:51, 27 October 2023 diff hist −67 Caitanya discussed the Atmarama verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam with Prakasananda Sarasvati. Lord Caitanya's admirer, the Maharastriya brahmana, related that the Lord explained this verse in sixty-one different ways No edit summary current
- 16:4916:49, 27 October 2023 diff hist −14 Bhattacarya asked Lord Caitanya to explain the famous Atmarama verse, for he desired to hear it from the Lord Himself No edit summary current
- 16:4716:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +12 At this time the brahmana from the province of Maharashtra mentioned Lord Caitanya's explanation of the atmarama verse No edit summary current
- 16:4116:41, 27 October 2023 diff hist +53 Api added to the word 'nirgranthah' is used for exposition. Thus I have tried to clarify seven meanings - of the atmarama verse No edit summary current
- 16:3816:38, 27 October 2023 diff hist +53 All glories to Sri Caitanya, who acted as the eastern horizon where the sun of the atmarama verse rose. He manifested its rays in the form of different meanings and thus eradicated the darkness of the material world. May He protect the universe No edit summary current
- 16:3116:31, 27 October 2023 diff hist +53 After hearing the atmarama verse, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya addressed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - My dear Sir, please explain this verse. I have a great desire to hear Your explanation of it No edit summary current
25 October 2023
- 18:2118:21, 25 October 2023 diff hist −67 When Lord Caitanya explained this atmarama verse (SB 1.7.10) to Srila Sanatana Gosvami, He described sixty-one meanings, and all of them point toward the devotional service of the Lord No edit summary
- 18:1718:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist −13 Caitanya told Sanatana Gosvami: I was just like a madman in describing this Atmarama verse in so many ways. Do not mind if I have said something mad. But if someone becomes a madman like Me, he can understand the real meaning of Srimad-Bhagavatam No edit summary
- 18:0418:04, 25 October 2023 diff hist +53 In the atmarama verse of the SB, it is said that those who are already situated on the platform of self-realization are attracted by the transcendental qualities of Krsna. This means that Krsna's qualities are not material but pure and transcendental No edit summary
- 17:5217:52, 25 October 2023 diff hist +45 As stated in the Bhagavad-gita (4.8), the Lord and His eternal associates, who are also liberated souls like the Lord, come down on this earth at certain intervals No edit summary current
- 17:4517:45, 25 October 2023 diff hist +45 According to the Bhagavad-gita, only one who is already on the liberated platform can become an uttama-adhikari devotee and see every living being as his own brother. This vision cannot be had by politicians, who are always after some material gain No edit summary current
- 17:4217:42, 25 October 2023 diff hist +45 One has to follow the prescribed rules and regulations of religious principles in order to rise up to the platform of knowledge because by knowledge and devotion only can one liberate himself from the clutches of maya (illusion). BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 17:4017:40, 25 October 2023 diff hist +45 One who is absorbed in the thought of bodily conceptions cannot understand his situation. BG was spoken to liberate one from the bodily conception of life, and Arjuna put himself in this position in order to receive this information. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary
- 17:3817:38, 25 October 2023 diff hist +45 They (people in general) should come out of it (conditional life) and be Krsna conscious and liberate themselves to transfer to the spiritual world. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current