Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 16.117
Divine Nectar Makes Other Attachments Fade
“ ‘O hero of charity, please deliver unto us the nectar of Your lips. That nectar increases lusty desires for enjoyment and diminishes lamentation in the material world. Kindly give us the nectar of Your lips, which are touched by Your transcendentally vibrating flute, for that nectar makes all human beings forget all other attachments.’”
What the purport teaches
- The speakers address the Lord as the hero of charity and ask for the nectar of His lips. The purport identifies this prayer as a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
- That nectar increases lusty desires for enjoyment and diminishes lamentation in the material world.
- His lips are touched by His transcendentally vibrating flute. Their nectar makes human beings forget all other attachments.
Try this today
Read this prayer once today and pause over its request for the nectar that makes other attachments forgotten.
Ask yourself
What does this prayer reveal about the power of attraction to the Lord?
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.