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Tasting Devotional Topics Together

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would sit in His room with Svarūpa Dāmodara and taste the topics of these verses day and night.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 13.161, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would sit in His room with Svarūpa Dāmodara.
  • Together they tasted the topics of these verses.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished these topics day and night.

Try this today

Read this translation slowly today, then spend a minute reflecting on the Lord’s delight in these topics.

Ask yourself

How can I give more attentive time to the devotional topics I read?

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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