Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 3.92
The Lord Transcends All Material Limits
“O my Lord, everything within material nature is limited by time, space and thought. Your characteristics, however, being unequaled and unsurpassed, are always transcendental to such limitations. You sometimes cover such characteristics by Your own energy, but nevertheless Your unalloyed devotees are always able to see You under all circumstances.”
What the purport teaches
- Everything within material nature is limited by time, space and thought. The Lord’s unequaled and unsurpassed characteristics are beyond these limitations.
- The Lord sometimes covers His characteristics by His own energy. Nevertheless, His unalloyed devotees can always see Him under all circumstances.
- This prayer comes from the Stotra-ratna of Yāmunācārya.
Try this today
Read this prayer aloud once, paying attention to the contrast between material limits and the Lord’s transcendental characteristics.
Ask yourself
How might this prayer help me reconsider the limits of my understanding of the Lord?
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.