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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 19.105

Learning Alone Cannot Fathom Awakened Love

“The activities and symptoms of that exalted personality in whose heart love of Godhead has awakened cannot be understood even by the most learned scholar.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 19.105, translation

What the purport teaches

  • When love of Godhead awakens in someone’s heart, that person’s activities and symptoms are extraordinary.
  • Even the most learned scholar cannot understand the activities and symptoms of such an exalted personality.
  • This teaching is quoted from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.

Try this today

Read the translation slowly and pause to acknowledge that awakened love of Godhead exceeds your present understanding.

Ask yourself

How can this teaching help me recognize the limits of scholarly understanding?

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.

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