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Reciting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with Love for Kṛṣṇa

“When reciting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the company of Rūpa and Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa would be overwhelmed with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 13.126, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa recited Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the company of Rūpa and Sanātana.
  • During these recitations, he would become overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
  • His love was for Kṛṣṇa, showing the devotional feeling that accompanied his recitation.

Try this today

Read a short passage of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam aloud with a fellow reader today, if possible.

Ask yourself

How can you keep Kṛṣṇa at the center of your reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam?

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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