Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.173
Tender Concern for Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet
“O dearly beloved! Your lotus feet are so soft that we place them gently on our breasts, fearing that Your feet will be hurt. Our life rests only in You. Our minds, therefore, are filled with anxiety that Your tender feet might be wounded by pebbles as You roam about on the forest path.”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs spoke these words when Kṛṣṇa left them in the midst of the rāsa-līlā.
- They place His soft lotus feet gently on their breasts, fearing that His feet might be hurt.
- Their life rests only in Kṛṣṇa. They are anxious that pebbles on the forest path might wound His tender feet.
Try this today
Spend a quiet minute reading the gopīs’ prayer, attending to their tender concern for Kṛṣṇa’s feet.
Ask yourself
What do the gopīs’ words reveal about their concern for Kṛṣṇa?
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.