CC Madhya 24.296
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
TEXT 296
- 'ātmārāmāś ca ātmārāmāś ca' āṭānna-bāra
- śeṣe saba lopa kari' rākhi eka-bāra
SYNONYMS
ātmārāmāḥ ca ātmārāmāḥ ca—repeating ātmārāmāḥ; āṭānna-bāra—fifty-eight times; śeṣe—at the end; saba lopa kari '—rejecting all; rākhi—we keep; eka-bāra—only one.
TRANSLATION
"In this way, one can repeat the word 'ātmārāmāḥ' with 'ca' for each of the fifty-eight meanings. By following the rule previously stated and rejecting all but the last, we retain that which represents all the meanings.