Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 13.43
Understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
“In separation from Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished all these ecstatic activities, and thus He fulfilled His own desires.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa desired to taste Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic feelings toward Him by accepting Her role. Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself with the feelings of Rādhārāṇī—a combination of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
- In separation from Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished these ecstatic activities and fulfilled His own desires. By worshiping Him alone, one can relish the loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa together.
- One should try to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees, rather than directly. A mentality of service toward His devotees makes one eligible to understand these pastimes.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for a mentality of service toward His devotees.
Ask yourself
How can I approach understanding Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa with a mentality of service?
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.