Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 10.72
Ecstatic Love Appears Throughout His Body
“The hairs on His body constantly stood up like the thorns on a śimula tree. Sometimes His body was swollen and sometimes lean and thin.”
What the purport teaches
- The hairs on the Lord’s body constantly stood on end.
- Their appearance is compared to the thorns on a śimula tree.
- Sometimes His body was swollen, and sometimes it was lean and thin.
Try this today
Pause over the śimula-tree comparison and notice how vividly it describes the Lord’s bodily ecstasy.
Ask yourself
What does the comparison with the śimula tree help you picture?
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.