Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 5.128
Describe the Lord Truthfully
“Hearing this explanation, all the members of the assembly were struck with wonder. “Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has spoken the real truth,” they admitted. “The brāhmaṇa from Bengal has committed an offense by wrongly describing Lord Jagannātha and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.””
What the purport teaches
- The members of the assembly were struck with wonder upon hearing the explanation.
- They acknowledged that Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī had spoken the real truth.
- They recognized that the brāhmaṇa from Bengal had committed an offense by wrongly describing Lord Jagannātha and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Try this today
Review one statement you have written about the Lord and check that it agrees with the supplied text.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to correct my descriptions of the Lord when they are shown to be mistaken?
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.