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Transcendental Love Transforms the Body

“He continuously exhibited bodily transformations of transcendental love. Thus he cried, trembled, became stunned, perspired, danced in love of Godhead and made sounds like those of a cloud.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 2.19, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Nakula Brahmacārī continuously exhibited bodily transformations of transcendental love.
  • He cried, trembled, became stunned and perspired.
  • He danced in love of Godhead and made sounds like those of a cloud.

Try this today

Read the verse slowly and identify the love that the text says underlies these bodily transformations.

Ask yourself

What does this description show me about the intensity of Nakula Brahmacārī’s love of Godhead?

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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