Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.305
Understand Through Kṛṣṇa’s Inconceivable Energy
“One cannot understand the contradictions in Lord Caitanya’s character by putting forward mundane logic and arguments. Consequently one should not maintain doubts in this connection. One should simply try to understand the inconceivable energy of Kṛṣṇa; otherwise one cannot understand how such contradictions are possible.”
What the purport teaches
- Mundane logic and arguments cannot explain the contradictions in Lord Caitanya’s character.
- The translation therefore advises us not to maintain doubts about these contradictions.
- One should try to understand Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable energy; otherwise, one cannot understand how such contradictions are possible.
Try this today
Reread the translation and pause over its instruction to understand Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable energy.
Ask yourself
Where am I expecting mundane logic alone to explain Lord Caitanya’s character?
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.