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Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse
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TEXT 312
‘একবস্তু’ অর্থ এবে স্ফুরিল তোমা-সঙ্গে । তোমার ভক্তিবশে উঠে অর্থের তরঙ্গে ॥ ৩১২ ॥
‘eka-ṣaṣṭi’ artha ebe sphurila tomā-saṅge tomāra bhakti-vaśe uṭhe arthera taraṅge
SYNONYMS
eka-ṣaṣṭi—sixty-one; artha—imports; ebe—now; sphurila—has awakened; tomā-saṅge—because of your association; tomāra—your; bhakti-vaśe—by dint of devotional service; uṭhe—there arises; arthera—of imports; taraṅge—waves.
TRANSLATION
“Now, due to your association, another meaning has awakened. It is due to your devotional service that these waves of meaning are arising.
PURPORT
The word ātmā refers to the living entity. From Lord Brahmā down to an insignificant ant, everyone is considered a living entity. Living entities are considered part of the Lord’s marginal potency. All of them are  kṣetrajña , knowers of the body. When they become  nirgrantha , or free, saintly persons, they engage in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s service. That is the sixty-first meaning of the verse.
TEXT 313
অহং বেদ্মি শুকো বেত্তি ব্যাসো বেত্তি ন বেত্তি বা । ভক্ত্যা ভাগবতং গ্রাহ্ং ন বুদ্ধ্যা ন চ টীকয়া ॥ ৩১৩ ॥
ahaṁ vedmi śuko vetti vyāso vetti na vetti vā bhaktyā bhāgavataṁ grāhyaṁ na buddhyā na ca ṭīkayā
SYNONYMS
aham—I (Lord Śiva); vedmi—know; śukaḥ—Śukadeva Gosvāmī; vetti—knows; vyāsaḥ—Vyāsadeva; vetti—knows; na vetti vā—or may not know; bhaktyā—by devotional service (executed in nine different processes); bhāgavatam—the  Bhāgavata Purāṇa  (called  Paramahaṁsa-saṁhitā , the text or treatise readable by the topmost transcendentalists); grāhyam—to be accepted; na—not; buddhyā—