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himself as the eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. Under the spell of illusion, a less intelligent person accepts the gross body and the subtle body as his self; such a conception is the basis of the doctrine of transference. Actually the part and parcel of the Supreme is not subjected eternally to such a false conception of gross and subtle bodily life. The covering of the living entity by the gross and subtle body is not his eternal form, but can be changed; or, the living entity can become free from such existence. While he is in the conception of the body and mind he has certainly transferred his position from spirit to matter. Mayavadi philosophers, of course, take advantage of this doctrine of transference: they say that the living entity under the wrong impression thinks himself as part and parcel, but he is the Supreme Himself. This doctrine cannot be tenable.
Bhattacharya then asked Lord Chaitanya to explain the famous  Atmarama  verse, as he desired to hear it from the Lord, Lord Chaitanya replied to him that, first of all, he should explain the verse according to his own understanding, and then Lord Chaitanya would explain it by His own understanding. Bhattacharya then began to explain the  Atmarama Sloka  with his method of logic and grammar. He explained the  Atmarama Sloka  in nine different ways. The Lord appreciated his erudite scholarship in explaining the verse, and said: “My dear Bhattacharya, I know that you are personally a representation of the learned scholar, like Brihashpati, and you can explain any portion of the Shastras in such a nice way. And yet your explanation is more or less based on academic education only. But there is another explanation, beside the academic, scholarly explanation.”
Then, at the request of Bhattacharya, Lord Chaitanya explained the  Atmarama Sloka  thus: On the basis of the analytical parts of the verse, the verse is explained as follows: 1.  Atmarama , 2.  Cha , 3.  Munayah , 4.  Nirgranthah , 5.  Api , 6.  Urukrama , 7.  Kurvanti , 8.  Ahaituki , 9.  Bhaktim , 10.  Itthambhutagunah , 11.  Harih . (This verse is already explained in connection with the Lord's teachings to Sanatan Goswami). Lord Chaitanya did not touch the nine different explanations of Bhattacharya, but He explained on the basis of 11 analyses of the verse, and each analytical basis He divided into five and six and, in this way, He expounded a total of 61 different explanations of the  Atmarama  verse. It is summarized, then, that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full of innumerable potencies: nobody can estimate how many transcendental qualities are possessed by Him. They are always inconceivable, and any process of self-relization generally inquires into these inconceivable potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His energies, and His qualities. But those who are