Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 3.43
Bodily Features Indicating the Supreme Lord
“Such a person is called nyagrodha-parimaṇḍala. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who personifies all good qualities, has the body of a nyagrodha-parimaṇḍala.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personifies all good qualities and has the body of a nyagrodha-parimaṇḍala.
- Only the Supreme Lord Himself, who has engaged the conditioned souls by His own illusory energy, can possess these bodily features.
- These features certainly indicate an incarnation of Viṣṇu and no one else.
Try this today
Read the purport once more, noting its conclusion that these features belong only to the Supreme Lord.
Ask yourself
How does the purport guide your understanding of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's bodily features?
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.