Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 13.183
Ecstasy and Absence Explain the Unattended Fall
“Not even Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, Kāśīśvara or Govinda took care of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He fell down. Nityānanda was in great ecstasy, and Kāśīśvara and Govinda were elsewhere.”
What the purport teaches
- Neither Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, Kāśīśvara nor Govinda took care of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He fell down.
- Nityānanda was in great ecstasy.
- Kāśīśvara and Govinda were elsewhere.
Try this today
Reread the verse and name the two circumstances it gives: great ecstasy and being elsewhere.
Ask yourself
How do the circumstances given here help you avoid assuming indifference?
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.