Text 296] Explanations of the Atmarama Verse 249

batrise chabbise mili’ asta-paricasa
dra eka bheda suna arthera prakasa_ ,

SYNONYMS

batrise—these thirty-two varieties; chabbise—the formerly described twenty-
six varieties; mili’—added together; asta-paficdsa—they become fifty-eight;
4ra—another; eka—one; bheda—different; suna—please hear; arthera prakasa—
manifestation of import.

TRANSLATION

“(When we add the twenty-six types of devotees to these thirty-two, they
altogether number fifty-eight. You may now hear from Me of manifestations
with different meanings.

TEXT 295

ocaea ‘b’ fea mata sfaca i
SUBIV AA SMA a ASCH de hi

itaretara ‘ca’ diya samasa kariye
‘atanna’ bara atmarama nama la-iye

SYNONYMS

itaretara—in different varieties; ca—the word ca; diya—adding; samasa
kariye—make a compound word; ataénna bara—fifty-eight times; atmarama—the
4tmarama devotees; nama la-iye—| take their different names.

TRANSLATION

“In this way, as | add the word ca to one word after another, | make a com-
pound. Thus the different names of atmaramas can be taken fifty-eight times.

TEXT 296
‘ataaars atatatas’ Cbaats |

cata Ae carint aha’ sify Geats ti rdw i

‘atmaramas ca atmaramdas ca’ atanna-bara
sese saba lopa kari’ rakhi eka-bara
SYNONYMS
dtmaramah ca atmaramah ca—repeating atmaramah; aténna-bara—fifty-eight

times; sese—at the end; saba lopa kari’—rejecting all; rakhi—we keep; eka-
bara—only one.
