Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 19.107
Scripture Bears Witness to Ecstatic Love
“The evidence of the truth of these talks is found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. There, in the section of the Tenth Canto known as the Bhramara-gīta, “The Song to the Bumblebee,” Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī speaks insanely in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam provides evidence for the truth of these talks. In the Bhramara-gīta, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī speaks insanely in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
- Uddhava arrived from Mathurā carrying a message for the gopīs. They began talking about Kṛṣṇa and crying.
- Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī saw a bumblebee and spoke to it like someone mad. She thought it was Uddhava’s messenger or someone very dear to him and Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Read the translation and purport together, noting that Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s unusual speech arises from ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How does this scriptural account help me approach speech arising from ecstatic love?
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.