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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.142

Sweetness and Love Increase Without Defeat

“There is constant competition between My sweetness and the mirror of Rādhā’s love. They both go on increasing, but neither knows defeat.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 4.142, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness and the mirror of Rādhā’s love are in constant competition.
  • His sweetness and Her love both go on increasing.
  • Neither knows defeat.

Try this today

Take a minute to reflect on both sweetness and love increasing without either being defeated.

Ask yourself

How is this competition different from one in which someone must lose?

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.

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