Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 17.39
Tasting Sweetness Amid Ecstatic Anxiety
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke these words in a mood of anger as He floated on waves of ecstatic love. Merged in an ocean of anxiety, He recited a verse spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī expressing the same emotion. Then He personally explained the verse and thus tasted the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke in anger while floating on waves of ecstatic love.
- Merged in an ocean of anxiety, He recited a verse spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī that expressed the same emotion.
- He personally explained the verse and thus tasted the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note how reciting and explaining the verse accompanied tasting Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
Ask yourself
How does this verse help you see anger and anxiety within the ecstatic love being described?
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.