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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 13.129

Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s Sweetness Awakens Deep Love

“When he recited or heard about the beauty and sweetness of Kṛṣṇa, he would be overwhelmed with ecstatic love and become oblivious to everything.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 13.129, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa recited and heard about the beauty and sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.
  • These descriptions overwhelmed him with ecstatic love.
  • His absorption was so complete that he became oblivious to everything else.

Try this today

Read this translation slowly, giving your full attention to its description of love for Kṛṣṇa.

Ask yourself

How attentively do I hear descriptions of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty and sweetness?

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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