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Fxplanations of the Atmarama verse were considered to be a result of the conventional context of the religious context of the people of the
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‘পূর্বে শুনিয়াছোঁ, তুমি সার্বভৌম-স্বানে। এক শ্লোকে আঠার অর্থ কৈরাছ ব্যাখ্যানে ॥ ৪ ॥
‘pūrve śuniyāchoṅ, tumi sārvabhauma-sthāne eka śloke āthāra artha kairācha vyākhyāne
SYNONYMS
pūrve —formerly;  śuniyāchoṅ —I heard;  tumi —You;  sārvabhauma-sthāne —at the place of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya;  eka śloke —in one verse;  āṭhāra artha —eighteen meanings;  kairācha vyākhyāne —have explained.
TRANSLATION
Sanātana Gosvāmī said, “My Lord, I have heard that previously, at the home of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, You explained the ātmārāma verse in eighteen different ways.
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আত্মারামাশ্চ মুনয়ো নিগ্রন্থ। অপ্যুরুক্রমে। কুর্বস্ত্যহৈতুকীং ভক্তিমিথস্তুতগুণে। হরি: ॥ ৫ ॥
ātmārāmāś ca munayo
nirgranthā apy urukrame
kurvanty ahaitukīṁ bhaktim
ittham-bhūta-guṇo hariḥ
SYNONYMS
ātma-ārāmāḥ  —persons who take pleasure in being transcendentally situated in the service of the Lord;  ca —also;  munayaḥ —great saintly persons who have completely rejected material aspirations, fruitive activities and so forth;  nirgranthāḥ —without interest in any material desire;  api —certainly;  urukrame  —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, whose activities are wonderful;  kurvanti —do;  ahaitukīm —causeless, or without material desires;  bhaktim —devotional service;  ittham-bhūta —so wonderful as to attract the attention of the self-satisfied;  guṇaḥ —who has transcendental qualities;  hariḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“‘Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires are also attracted to the loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose qualities are