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Reverent Prayers and Ecstatic Love

“Svarūpa Dāmodara also offered his worshipful prayers at the lotus feet of Paramānanda Purī, who, in return, embraced him in ecstatic love.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 10.128, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Svarūpa Dāmodara offered worshipful prayers to Paramānanda Purī.
  • He offered those prayers at Paramānanda Purī’s lotus feet.
  • Paramānanda Purī responded by embracing him in ecstatic love.

Try this today

Read this exchange slowly today, pausing to appreciate both the worshipful prayers and the loving response.

Ask yourself

How does this meeting bring reverence and affection together?

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.

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