Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.30
Kṛṣṇa Reveals His Free Loving Exchanges
“Neither the gopīs nor I shall notice this, for our minds will always be entranced by one another’s beauty and qualities.
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs remain entranced by one another’s beauty and qualities.
- Nārāyaṇa predominates over the Vaikuṇṭha planets, where His devotees have features like His. Their exchange of devotion rests on reverence.
- Above Vaikuṇṭha is Goloka, or Kṛṣṇaloka, where Kṛṣṇa fully manifests His pleasure potency in free loving affairs. He desires to reveal these exchanges to devotees in the material world, who know almost nothing about them.
Try this today
Write one sentence describing the loving exchanges Kṛṣṇa desires to reveal.
Ask yourself
What distinction does this passage show between devotion in reverence and free loving exchanges?
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.