Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 5.57
Speak With Devotional Joy
“Hearing this, Rāmānanda Rāya became absorbed in ecstatic love and began to speak with great transcendental pleasure.”
What the purport teaches
- Rāmānanda Rāya hears that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has sent Pradyumna Miśra to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa.
- On hearing this, he becomes absorbed in ecstatic love.
- He begins to speak with great transcendental pleasure.
Try this today
Reread this verse slowly, noticing the love and pleasure with which Rāmānanda Rāya begins to speak.
Ask yourself
What does Rāmānanda Rāya's response show me about the joy of speaking about Kṛṣṇa?
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.