CHAPTER 24
The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse
The following summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya . According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī's request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  verse beginning  ātmārāmāś ca munayo . He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways. He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words  ca  and  api , He described all the different meanings of the verse. He then concluded that all classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs ,  karmīs ,  yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they gave up this process and surrendered to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse. In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada's friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of  Hari-bhakti-vilāsa , which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.
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আত্মারামেতি পত্তার্কস্থার্থাংশুন্ যঃ প্রকাশয়ন্ । 
    জগত্তমো জহারাব্যাৎ স চৈতস্ত্যোদয়াচলঃ ॥ ১ ॥
ātmārāmeti padyārkasy-
ārthāṁśūn yaḥ prakāśayan
jagat-tamo jahārāvyāt
sa caitanyodayācalaḥ
SYNONYMS
ātmārāma-iti  —beginning with the word  ātmārāma ;  padya  —verse;  arkasya  —of the sunlike;  artha-arṁśūn  —the shining rays of different meanings;  yaḥ  —who;  pra-kāśayan  —manifesting;  jagat-tamaḥ  —the darkness of the material world;  jahāra  —
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