Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 5.65
Speaking and Hearing in Ecstatic Love
“The speaker and listener spoke and heard in ecstatic love. Thus they forgot their bodily consciousness. How, then, could they perceive the end of the day?”
What the purport teaches
- Both the speaker and the listener are absorbed in ecstatic love.
- As they speak and hear topics of Kṛṣṇa, they forget their bodily consciousness.
- Their absorption is so complete that they do not perceive the end of the day.
Try this today
Set aside a few quiet minutes to read these topics of Kṛṣṇa without distractions.
Ask yourself
What does the shared absorption of the speaker and listener reveal about hearing topics of 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.