Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 16.143
Wondering at the Flute’s Pious Activities
“ ‘My dear gopīs, fully consider how many pious activities this flute performed in his past life. We do not know what places of pilgrimage he visited, what austerities he performed, or what perfect mantra he chanted.
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs urged one another to consider how many pious activities the flute must have performed in his past life.
- They wondered what places of pilgrimage he had visited and what austerities he had performed.
- They also wondered what perfect mantra he had chanted. They did not claim to know the answers.
Try this today
List the three kinds of activity the gopīs wonder about, noting that the verse does not identify any specific one.
Ask yourself
How do these unanswered questions express the gopīs’ wonder at the flute’s fortune?
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.