Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 3.49
Lord Caitanya Is Kṛṣṇa Himself
“In His early pastimes He appears as a householder with a golden complexion. His limbs are beautiful, and His body, smeared with the pulp of sandalwood, seems like molten gold. In His later pastimes He accepts the sannyāsa order, and He is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of peace and devotion, for He silences the impersonalist nondevotees.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa explains that the evidence of the Upaniṣads establishes Lord Caitanya as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa.
- His golden complexion is compared to molten gold. His personality is as fascinating as gold is attractive, and His limbs are exquisitely beautiful.
- In His early pastimes He is a householder; later He accepts sannyāsa and is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of peace and devotion.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly once, giving special attention to His golden form and peaceful nature.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself shape your appreciation of His beautiful form?
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.