Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 10.8
Ecstatic Love Gives Kṛṣṇa Greater Happiness
“If one carries out Kṛṣṇa’s order, Kṛṣṇa is certainly pleased, but if one sometimes breaks His order due to ecstatic love, that gives Him millions of times greater happiness.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is certainly pleased when someone carries out His order.
- If someone sometimes breaks His order due to ecstatic love, that gives Him millions of times greater happiness.
- Ecstatic love is the stated reason for this greater happiness, as illustrated by the gopīs remaining for His association.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly and note both what pleases Kṛṣṇa and what gives Him even greater happiness.
Ask yourself
How does this verse deepen my understanding of the happiness that ecstatic love gives Kṛṣṇa?
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.