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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 11.106

One Drop of an Ocean of Nectar

“The life and characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are exactly like an ocean of nectar, one drop of which can please the mind and ear.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 11.106, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The life and characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are compared to an ocean of nectar.
  • Even one drop of that nectar can please the mind.
  • That same drop can also please the ear, inviting attentive hearing of His life and characteristics.

Try this today

Read aloud one verse from this batch about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and listen attentively to its description of Him.

Ask yourself

Which detail of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s character in this account pleases my mind most?

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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