tat-tat-pada - all those items; prādhānye - principally; ātmārāma - the word ātmārāma; milāñā - causing to meet; aṣṭādaśa - eighteen; artha - meanings; kaila - did; abhiprāya - purpose; lañā - accepting.

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu took each word specifically and combined it with the word “ātmārāma.” He thus explained the word “ātmārāma” in eighteen different ways.