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Blessings Support Continued Devotional Expression

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested all His personal associates to bless Rūpa Gosvāmī so that he might continuously describe the pastimes of Vṛndāvana, which are full of emotional love of Godhead.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 1.199, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested all His personal associates to bless Rūpa Gosvāmī.
  • He sought their blessings so that Rūpa Gosvāmī might continuously describe the pastimes of Vṛndāvana.
  • These pastimes are full of emotional love of Godhead. Their continued description was the purpose of the requested blessings.

Try this today

Ask a fellow devotee for blessings to continue your devotional study today.

Ask yourself

How can you value the blessings of others in sustaining devotional service?

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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