Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.5
The Variety of Transcendental Emotions
“He relished the symptoms of various transcendental emotions, such as jubilation, lamentation, anger, humility, anxiety, grief, eagerness and satisfaction.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished the symptoms of various transcendental emotions.
- These included jubilation, lamentation, anger and humility.
- They also included anxiety, grief, eagerness and satisfaction.
Try this today
Write down the emotions listed in this verse, noting that the text describes them as transcendental.
Ask yourself
What strikes you about the range of emotions described here as transcendental?
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.