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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 16.63

Kālidāsa Shows Kṛṣṇa’s Greatest Mercy

“From these three one achieves the highest goal of life — ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. This is the greatest mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The evidence is Kālidāsa himself.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 16.63, translation

What the purport teaches

  • From these three substances one achieves the highest goal of life: ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.
  • The verse identifies this gift as the greatest mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
  • Kālidāsa himself is presented as evidence of this teaching.

Try this today

Write one sentence today naming ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa as the highest goal described here.

Ask yourself

What does this verse teach you about the highest gift of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy?

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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