Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 2.18
Extraordinary Expressions of Transcendental Love
“Nakula Brahmacārī became exactly like a man haunted by a ghost. Thus he sometimes laughed, sometimes cried, sometimes danced and sometimes chanted like a madman.”
What the purport teaches
- Nakula Brahmacārī sometimes laughed, sometimes cried, sometimes danced and sometimes chanted.
- His behavior is compared to that of a man haunted by a ghost; this is a comparison, not a statement that a ghost possessed him.
- The following verse describes these extraordinary expressions as bodily transformations of transcendental love.
Try this today
Read this verse together with the next, noting how the next verse explains his behavior.
Ask yourself
How does the description of transcendental love help me understand Nakula Brahmacārī’s unusual behavior?
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.