Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 13.173
Ecstatic Emotions Bloom Like Flower Trees
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body appeared like a transcendental Himalayan mountain bearing ecstatic emotional flower trees, all of them blooming.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body appeared like a transcendental Himalayan mountain.
- His ecstatic emotions are pictured as flower trees borne by that mountain.
- All of these trees were blooming.
Try this today
Spend a minute contemplating the verse’s image of a transcendental mountain bearing flower trees, all in bloom.
Ask yourself
How does the image of a mountain covered with blooming trees help you reflect on His ecstatic emotions?
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.