Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.106
Understand Rādhā-bhāva Through Authorized Sources
“The heart of Lord Caitanya is the image of Śrī Rādhikā’s emotions. Thus feelings of pleasure and pain arise constantly therein.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Caitanya’s heart was full of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s feelings, and His appearance resembled Hers. Feelings of pleasure and pain constantly arose in His heart.
- One engaged in material sense gratification can hardly understand rādhā-bhāva. It must be understood from the Gosvāmīs, who are actually controllers of the senses.
- Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s attitude is the highest perfection of conjugal love, the highest of the five transcendental mellows. It is the complete perfection of love of Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Set aside one optional sensory indulgence today and reread the teaching about learning from the Gosvāmīs.
Ask yourself
How might the demands of sense gratification affect my understanding of spiritual love?
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.