Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 15.97
Ecstatic Love Finds Expression in Chanting
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the topmost of all devotees. Sometimes, while walking on the beach, He would see a beautiful garden nearby and mistake it for the forest of Vṛndāvana. Thus He would be completely overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa and begin to chant the holy name and dance. His tongue worked incessantly as He chanted, ‘Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!’ Will He again become visible before the path of my eyes?”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is described as the topmost of all devotees. While walking on the beach, He would sometimes mistake a beautiful garden for the forest of Vṛndāvana.
- Completely overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, He would chant the holy name and dance. His tongue worked incessantly as He chanted, “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”
- The prayer longs to see Him again. The purport identifies it as a quotation from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s first Caitanyāṣṭaka in Stava-mālā.
Try this today
Spend one quiet minute chanting “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” while remembering this description.
Ask yourself
What draws your heart to this description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanting Kṛṣṇa’s name?
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.