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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 10.74

His Teeth Tremble in Ecstasy

“All His teeth shook, as if each was separate from the others. Indeed, they seemed about to fall to the ground.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 10.74, translation

What the purport teaches

  • All the Lord’s teeth shook.
  • They shook as though each tooth were separate from the others.
  • They seemed about to fall to the ground, adding to the surrounding descriptions of His bodily ecstasy.

Try this today

Read this verse together with the next, connecting the trembling with His increasing transcendental bliss.

Ask yourself

How does this small bodily detail convey the intensity of the Lord’s ecstasy?

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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