Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 18.69
Love for God Transforms the Lord’s Body
“Svarūpa Dāmodara said, “The Lord’s body becomes transformed in His love for God. Sometimes the joints of His bones separate, and His body becomes very much elongated.””
What the purport teaches
- Svarūpa Dāmodara explained that the Lord’s body becomes transformed in His love for God.
- Sometimes the joints of His bones separate, and His body becomes very much elongated.
- This explanation addressed the fisherman’s doubt about the Lord’s unfamiliar appearance.
Try this today
Read this verse alongside the previous one and state in one sentence how the explanation resolves the fisherman’s doubt.
Ask yourself
How did Svarūpa Dāmodara’s explanation change the meaning of what the fisherman saw?
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.