Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 1.194
Hearing Descriptions That Bring Transcendental Bliss
“The wonderful descriptions of Rūpa Gosvāmī are superb arrangements to express loving affairs. Hearing them will plunge the heart and ears of everyone into a whirlpool of transcendental bliss.
What the purport teaches
- Rāmānanda Rāya praises Rūpa Gosvāmī’s descriptions as wonderful.
- Their superb arrangement expresses the loving affairs described in the plays.
- He declares that hearing them will plunge everyone’s heart and ears into a whirlpool of transcendental bliss.
Try this today
Read one passage aloud slowly and listen attentively to its description of loving affairs.
Ask yourself
How can you give both your ears and your heart more attention while hearing these descriptions?
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.