Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 1.175
Mukunda’s Glories Give Devotees Pleasure
“ ‘The beautiful moonlike glories of Mukunda give distress to the lotuslike faces of the wives of the demons and to their raised breasts, which are like gleaming cakravāka birds. Those glories, however, are pleasing to all His devotees, who are like cakora birds. May those glories forever give pleasure to you all.’”
What the purport teaches
- This is the first verse of Act One of the Lalita-mādhava. It describes Mukunda’s beautiful glories as moonlike.
- Those glories distress the wives of the demons, whose faces are compared to lotuses and whose raised breasts are compared to gleaming cakravāka birds.
- The same glories please His devotees, who are compared to cakora birds. The verse prays that those glories may forever give pleasure to all its hearers.
Try this today
Read the closing prayer aloud once, wishing that Mukunda’s glories may give pleasure to all.
Ask yourself
What stands out to you in the prayer that Mukunda’s glories forever please the hearers?
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.