Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.49
Humility Melts Lord Caitanya’s Heart
“Murāri Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord Caitanya.”
What the purport teaches
- Murāri Gupta was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord Caitanya.
- Lord Caitanya exhibited His Varāha form in Murāri Gupta’s house. During His mahā-prakāśa, He appeared before Murāri Gupta as Lord Rāmacandra.
- Lord Caitanya taught Murāri Gupta to offer respects first to Nityānanda Prabhu, who was older. Murāri Gupta accepted this correction and followed it the next day.
Try this today
Recall one helpful correction you have received and put it into practice today.
Ask yourself
How can Murāri Gupta’s willingness to accept correction help me become more humble?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.