CC Madhya 24.220 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 220
- ei cāri artha saha ha-ila 'teiśa' artha
- āra tina artha śuna parama samartha
SYNONYMS
ei—these; cāri—four; artha—meanings; saha—with; ha-ila—there were; teiśa artha—twenty-three different varieties of imports; āra tina artha—another three imports; śuna—hear; parama samartha—very strong.
TRANSLATION
"In addition to the nineteen other meanings, this ātmārāma meaning [including those laboring under the bodily conception] makes four meanings altogether and brings the total to twenty-three meanings. Now hear of another three meanings, which are very suitable.
PURPORT
The three different meanings are (1) the word ca meaning "in due course' " (2) the words ca meaning eva, and api meaning "censure," and (3) nirgrantha, meaning "one who is very poor, without money."