Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.67-68
Tasting the Meaning of Devotional Verses
“When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva’s Gīta-govinda, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, of Rāmānanda Rāya’s drama Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka, and of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, He was overwhelmed by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He tasted their purports.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read Jayadeva’s Gīta-govinda and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
- He also read Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka and Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
- The various ecstatic emotions of these verses overwhelmed Him. In this way, He tasted their purports, or meanings.
Try this today
Read one verse from a work named here and pause to consider its meaning.
Ask yourself
How might you give more attention to the meaning of a devotional verse as you read?
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.