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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.73

Seeing Lord Caitanya in Balarāma’s Ecstasy

“Vanamālī Paṇḍita, the thirty-fifth branch of the tree, was very much celebrated in this world. He saw a golden club and plow in the hands of the Lord.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 10.73, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Vanamālī Paṇḍita was the thirty-fifth branch of the tree and was very much celebrated in this world.
  • He saw a golden club and plow in the hands of the Lord.
  • The purport explains that he saw Lord Caitanya in the ecstasy of Balarāma.

Try this today

Read the translation slowly and recall what Vanamālī Paṇḍita saw in the Lord’s hands.

Ask yourself

What detail of Vanamālī Paṇḍita’s vision helps you remember this account?

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.

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