Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.75
Ending With Respectful Obeisances
“It is impossible to describe all the pastimes elaborately. I shall therefore end this description and offer them my respectful obeisances.”
What the purport teaches
- It is impossible to describe all the pastimes elaborately.
- The author therefore brings his description to an end rather than claiming to have told everything.
- He closes by offering respectful obeisances to those pastimes.
Try this today
At the end of today’s reading, pause and offer respectful obeisances to the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Ask yourself
What can you learn from the author’s respectful way of ending an incomplete description?
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.