Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.138
Tasting Instruction in Ecstatic Love
“The twentieth chapter tells how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited His own eight stanzas of instruction and tasted their meaning in ecstatic love.”
What the purport teaches
- The twentieth chapter tells how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited His own stanzas of instruction.
- These instructions consist of eight stanzas.
- He tasted their meaning in ecstatic love. His recitation included a deep experience of their meaning.
Try this today
Read this translation aloud once, then pause over the phrase “tasted their meaning in ecstatic love.”
Ask yourself
When I read devotional instruction, do I pause to consider its meaning?
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.