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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 3.255

Do Not Miss This Precious Opportunity

“Anyone who does not float in this inundation is most condemned. Such a person cannot be delivered for millions of kalpas.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 3.255, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The verse strongly warns against refusing to float in the flood of love of Godhead.
  • One day of Brahmā is called a kalpa. It consists of one thousand mahā-yugas, each lasting 4,320,000 years.
  • The purport says that one who does not take advantage of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement cannot be delivered for millions of such kalpas.

Try this today

Set aside a few minutes today for Kṛṣṇa consciousness rather than postponing it.

Ask yourself

How does this warning help you value the opportunity to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness now?

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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