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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 16.130

Kṛṣṇa’s Touch Makes His Remnants Nectar

“Such is the policy of these lips. Just consider some other injustices. Everything that touches those lips — including food, drink or betel — becomes just like nectar. It is then called kṛṣṇa-phelā, or remnants left by Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 16.130, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The speaker continues describing the policy of Kṛṣṇa’s lips, presenting their effects as further injustices.
  • Everything that touches His lips, including food, drink or betel, becomes just like nectar.
  • These remnants left by Kṛṣṇa are called kṛṣṇa-phelā.

Try this today

Write down “kṛṣṇa-phelā” with its meaning, “remnants left by Kṛṣṇa,” and reread the verse once.

Ask yourself

According to this verse, what makes Kṛṣṇa’s remnants like nectar?

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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