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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 13.81

Jagannātha Miśra Sees Wonderful Signs

“Jagannātha Miśra said to Śacīmātā, “I see wonderful things! Your body is effulgent, and it appears as if the goddess of fortune were now staying personally in my home.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 13.81, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Jagannātha Miśra told Śacīmātā that he was seeing wonderful things.
  • He observed that her body was effulgent.
  • It appeared to him as if the goddess of fortune were personally staying in his home.

Try this today

Read his words aloud once, pausing at his descriptions of Śacīmātā’s effulgence and his home.

Ask yourself

What sense of wonder do you hear in Jagannātha Miśra’s words?

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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