Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 18.97
Ecstatic Love Reverses Nature’s Ordinary Behavior
“Blue and red lotus flowers are unconscious objects, whereas cakravākas are conscious and alive. Nevertheless, in ecstatic love, the blue lotuses began to taste the cakravākas. This is a reversal of their natural behavior, but in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s kingdom such reversals are a principle of His pastimes.
What the purport teaches
- Lotus flowers are unconscious objects, whereas cakravāka birds are conscious and alive.
- Usually the cakravāka bird tastes the lotus flower. Here, in ecstatic love, the lotus tastes the bird.
- This reversal of natural behavior is a principle of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in His kingdom.
Try this today
Write one sentence contrasting the bird’s usual behavior with the reversal in Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
Ask yourself
How does the purport’s explanation help you understand the reversal described in this verse?
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.