Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.131
Ecstatic Emotions Transform His Bodily Form
“The seventeenth chapter recounts how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell among the cows and assumed the form of a tortoise as His ecstatic emotions awakened.”
What the purport teaches
- The seventeenth chapter recounts how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell among the cows.
- He assumed the form of a tortoise.
- The summary connects this extraordinary change with the awakening of His ecstatic emotions.
Try this today
Write down the connection the translation makes between His emotions and His bodily form.
Ask yourself
How does the mention of ecstatic emotions help you read this extraordinary event?
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.