Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 19.1
Offering Respect to the Lord’s Ecstatic Love
“Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the most exalted of all devotees of mothers, spoke like a madman and rubbed His face against the walls. Overwhelmed by emotions of ecstatic love, He would sometimes enter the Jagannātha-vallabha garden to perform His pastimes. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is praised as the most exalted of all devotees of mothers.
- Overwhelmed by ecstatic love, He spoke like a madman and rubbed His face against the walls.
- He sometimes entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden to perform His pastimes. The author offers respectful obeisances unto Him.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly and offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Ask yourself
How does the author’s offering of respect guide your approach to these extraordinary pastimes?
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.