Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 19.20
Ecstatic Love Expressed in Indirect Words
“Please inform Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is acting like a madman, that everyone here has become mad like Him. Inform Him also that in the marketplace rice is no longer in demand.
What the purport teaches
- Advaita Prabhu described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as acting like a madman and said that everyone there had become like Him.
- The following words of the message describe this madness as ecstatic love.
- He also said that rice was no longer in demand in the marketplace. This statement belongs to the sonnet’s indirect language.
Try this today
Read this verse together with the next, noticing how ecstatic love gives context to the word “madman.”
Ask yourself
How does the mention of ecstatic love help you read these unusual words?
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.