Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.45
Increasing Love Culminates in Conjugal Love
“Increasing love is experienced in various tastes, one above another. But that love which has the highest taste in the gradual succession of desire manifests itself in the form of conjugal love.”
What the purport teaches
- The verse describes increasing love experienced in various tastes, one above another.
- In the gradual succession of desire, love with the highest taste manifests as conjugal love.
- This teaching comes from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.
Try this today
Read the translation twice, then write down the form of love it identifies as having the highest taste.
Ask yourself
What does this verse teach me about the culmination of increasing 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.