Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 16.79
Directly Relishing Kṛṣṇa Day and Night
“Throughout the entire day and night, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directly relished Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, fragrance and taste as if He were touching Kṛṣṇa hand to hand.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directly relished Kṛṣṇa throughout the entire day and night.
- He relished Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, fragrance and taste.
- His experience was described as being as direct as touching Kṛṣṇa hand to hand.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly, pausing over the words “beauty, fragrance and taste.”
Ask yourself
How does the image of touching Kṛṣṇa hand to hand convey the closeness of this experience?
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.