Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 9.8
Visitors from Higher and Lower Worlds
“The inhabitants of the seven higher planetary systems — including the demigods, the Gandharvas and the Kinnaras — and the inhabitants of the seven lower planetary systems [Pātālaloka], including the demons and serpentine living entities, all visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the dress of human beings.”
What the purport teaches
- Inhabitants of the seven higher planetary systems visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, including the demigods, the Gandharvas and the Kinnaras.
- Inhabitants of the seven lower planetary systems, called Pātālaloka, also came, including demons and serpentine living entities.
- All these visitors came in the dress of human beings.
Try this today
List the groups of visitors named in this verse, then pause to appreciate how widely they came to see Him.
Ask yourself
What strikes you about the variety of beings who came to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
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.