Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.29
Yogamāyā Inspires Spiritual Love
“The influence of yogamāyā will inspire the gopīs with the sentiment that I am their paramour.
What the purport teaches
- Yogamāyā is the Lord’s internal potency. It makes Him forget Himself and become an object of love for His pure devotee in different transcendental mellows.
- This potency inspires the damsels of Vraja to think of Kṛṣṇa as their paramour. Their spiritual sentiment must never be compared to mundane illicit sexual love.
- Material amorous love is a perverted reflection of spiritual reality. Understanding that reality requires education in spiritual science.
Try this today
Reread the purport today and note one reason the gopīs’ love must not be judged by material standards.
Ask yourself
How does this distinction between spiritual love and its material reflection affect my understanding of the gopīs?
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.