Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 17.53
Longing Seeks Only to Find Kṛṣṇa
“O My dear friends, how shall I find Kṛṣṇa? What shall I do? Where shall I go? Where can I meet Him? Because I cannot find Kṛṣṇa, My life is leaving Me.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeals to His dear friends, asking how He can find Kṛṣṇa.
- The questions follow one another: what to do, where to go and where to meet Him.
- The anguish of not finding Kṛṣṇa is so intense that He says His life is leaving Him.
Try this today
Read the questions slowly once, noticing that each one seeks a meeting with Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How do these repeated questions convey the intensity of longing for Kṛṣṇa?
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.