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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.76

An Indication Can Give a Taste

“What I have described gives merely an indication, but by following this indication one may obtain a taste of all the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 20.76, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The author describes his account as merely an indication of the pastimes.
  • By following this indication, a reader may obtain a taste of all the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • Although the description is not exhaustive, it offers the reader a way to taste what it describes.

Try this today

Choose one sentence from today’s reading and reread it slowly, giving its meaning your full attention.

Ask yourself

How might you read more attentively, knowing that even an indication can offer a taste?

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.

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