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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 1.41

A Merciful Order in a Dream

“While resting in Satyabhāmā-pura, he dreamed that a celestially beautiful woman came before him and very mercifully gave him the following order.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 1.41, translation

What the purport teaches

  • While resting in Satyabhāmā-pura, Rūpa Gosvāmī had a dream.
  • A celestially beautiful woman appeared before him.
  • She very mercifully gave him an order. This verse introduces the order without stating its content or identifying the woman.

Try this today

Write down the three details given about the dream, without adding an identity or an order not supplied here.

Ask yourself

What does this verse tell you clearly, and what does it leave for the account to explain?

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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