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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 14.5

Learning Alone Cannot Fathom His Separation

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s emotion of transcendental madness in separation from Kṛṣṇa is very deep and mysterious. Even though one is very advanced and learned, he cannot understand it.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 14.5, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu experiences transcendental madness in separation from Kṛṣṇa.
  • This emotion is very deep and mysterious.
  • Even someone very advanced and learned cannot understand it.

Try this today

Pause after reading and acknowledge one thing about His feelings of separation that you do not understand.

Ask yourself

How can I approach this mysterious subject without assuming that learning alone will explain it?

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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