Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 211 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.211

এই ঊনিশ অর্থ করিলু, আগে শুন আর ঽআত্মঽশব্দে ঽদেহঽ কহে,—চারি অর্থ তার

एइ ऊनिश अर्थ करिलु, आगे शुन आर ऽआत्मऽशब्दे ऽदेहऽ कहे,—चारि अर्थ तार

ei ūniśa artha karilu, āge śuna āra 'ātma'-śabde 'deha' kahe,—cāri artha tāra

Synonyms

eithese; ūniśanineteen; arthameanings; kariluI have done; āgeahead; śunahear; āramore; ātma-śabdeby the word ātma; dehathe body; kaheis understood; cāri arthafour meanings; tāraof that..

Translation

"I have already explained nineteen different meanings. Now please hear further meanings. The word ātma also refers to the body, and this can be taken in four ways.

Purport

The four divisions are (1) aupādika-brahma-deha, the material body considered as Brahman with designations (vide verse 212), (2) karma-niṣṭha yājñikera karma-deha, the body engaged in ritualistic ceremonies of the Vedic injunctions (vide verse 214), (3) tapo-deha, the body engaged in austerities and penances (vide verse 216), and (4) sarva-kāma-deha, the body engaged for the satisfaction of all kinds of material desires (vide verse 218).

Verse 211 of 355
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