Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.94
Writing Amid Illness and Uncertainty
“I am infected with so many diseases that I can neither properly walk nor properly sit. Indeed, I am always exhausted by five kinds of diseases. I may die at any time of the day or night.”
What the purport teaches
- The author's diseases prevent him from walking or sitting properly.
- He says that five kinds of diseases leave him always exhausted.
- He recognizes that he may die at any time of the day or night. This adds to his account of the difficulties surrounding his writing.
Try this today
Read one passage from this batch attentively, remembering the exhaustion under which the author wrote.
Ask yourself
How does knowing his condition deepen your appreciation for what you are reading?
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.