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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 16.43

Astonishment at the Lord’s Complete Recall

“I recited all the verses like the blowing wind. How could You completely learn by heart even one among those verses?”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 16.43, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The champion said that he had recited all the verses like the blowing wind.
  • He asked how the Lord could have learned even one of those verses completely by heart.
  • His question expressed astonishment at the Lord’s ability to remember what He had heard.

Try this today

Read the champion’s question aloud, pausing to consider his astonishment.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the contrast between the swift recitation and the Lord’s complete recall?

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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