Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 14.43
Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness draws the mind beyond convention
“My dear friends,” He said, “please hear of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness. Because of a great desire for that sweetness, My mind has given up all social and Vedic religious principles and taken to the profession of begging, exactly like a mystic yogī.
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks His dear friends to hear about Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
- He describes His mind as having given up all social and Vedic religious principles because of its great desire for that sweetness.
- Continuing the metaphor of the mind as a yogī, He says that His mind has taken to begging.
Try this today
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the phrase “a great desire for that sweetness.”
Ask yourself
How does the image of a begging yogī express the mind’s desire for Kṛṣṇa’s 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.