Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 16.116
Devotional Verses Give Expression to Love
“In ecstatic love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rāmānanda Rāya to recite some verses. Thus Rāmānanda Rāya spoke as follows.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was in ecstatic love.
- He ordered Rāmānanda Rāya to recite some verses.
- Rāmānanda Rāya responded by speaking the verse that follows.
Try this today
Read the next verse aloud slowly, attending to the longing it expresses.
Ask yourself
How might attentive hearing help you appreciate the devotion expressed in these verses?
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.