Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 14.51
Understand the Comparison Without Imitating It
“When My mind lost the association of Kṛṣṇa and could no longer see Him, he became depressed and took up mystic yoga. In the void of separation from Kṛṣṇa, he experienced ten transcendental transformations. Agitated by these transformations, My mind fled, leaving My body, his place of residence, empty. Thus I am completely in trance.”
What the purport teaches
- Separated from Kṛṣṇa, His mind experiences ten transcendental transformations. He describes His mind as fleeing its bodily residence, leaving Him completely in trance.
- The purport explains that only an outward comparison is made with the activities of kāpālika mendicants, not with their actual life.
- The kāpālika mendicants are tantric materialists, not Vaiṣṇavas, and have nothing to do with spiritual life. Their behavior should never be imitated.
Try this today
Write one sentence explaining why the comparison with kāpālika mendicants is not an instruction to imitate them.
Ask yourself
Why is it important to distinguish an outward comparison from behavior to follow?
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.