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Sharing Further Glimpses of Lalita-mādhava

“When Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to speak further about various portions of the play, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī briefly quoted his Lalita-mādhava.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 1.187, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to speak further about various portions of the play.
  • Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī responded by briefly quoting his Lalita-mādhava.
  • The passages that follow describe Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes and the loving attraction between Him and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

Try this today

Read one of the following passages slowly, giving attention to its description of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

Ask yourself

What would you like to understand more deeply in the passages Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī shares?

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.

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