Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.7
Ecstatic Love Under a Bodily Pretext
“In His youth the Lord exhibited His ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa on the plea of disturbances of the bodily airs. Accompanied by His confidential devotees, He enjoyed various pastimes in this way.”
What the purport teaches
- In His youth, the Lord exhibited ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa on the plea of disturbances of the bodily airs. He enjoyed these pastimes with His confidential devotees.
- The purport explains that, according to Āyur-vedic treatment, the physiological system is conducted by vāyu, pitta and kapha—air, bile and mucus.
- In this Āyur-vedic account, disturbances involving bile, mucus and bodily air may produce fifty-nine varieties of disease. This provides the bodily explanation used as the plea for the Lord’s ecstatic expressions.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note that ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is what the Lord is exhibiting.
Ask yourself
How does the verse distinguish the Lord’s ecstatic love from its apparent bodily explanation?
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.