Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.20-21
Kṛṣṇa freely distributes love as Śrī Caitanya
“The characteristics of Kṛṣṇa are understood to be a storehouse of transcendental love. Although that storehouse of love certainly came with Kṛṣṇa when He was present, it was sealed. But when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came with His associates of the Pañca-tattva, they broke the seal and plundered the storehouse to taste transcendental love of Kṛṣṇa. The more they tasted it, the more their thirst for it grew.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is called mahā-vadānyāvatāra because He is even more favorably disposed toward poor fallen souls.
- Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa asked everyone to surrender to Him and promised protection. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came with His associates and simply distributed transcendental love of God without discrimination.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the Pañca-tattva opened the sealed storehouse of love of Kṛṣṇa. The more they tasted that love, the more their thirst for it grew.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly today and reflect on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Kṛṣṇa Himself freely giving love of God.
Ask yourself
How does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s generosity affect my willingness to receive His mercy?
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.