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Tasting the Same Verse Anew

“Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu had Svarūpa Dāmodara sing the same verse again and again. Each time he sang it, the Lord tasted it anew, and thus He danced again and again.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 15.88, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu had Svarūpa Dāmodara sing the same verse again and again.
  • Each time He heard it, the Lord tasted it anew.
  • With this renewed taste, He danced again and again.

Try this today

Read the supplied song about remembering Kṛṣṇa three times, pausing each time to attend freshly to its words.

Ask yourself

How might attentive repetition change the way I receive a familiar verse?

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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