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Singing Together in Ecstatic Love

“Then devotees like Svarūpa Dāmodara and other kīrtana performers began to sing along with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Being inundated with ecstatic love, they lost all consideration of time and circumstance.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 14.101, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Devotees like Svarūpa Dāmodara and other kīrtana performers began to sing.
  • They sang along with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • Inundated with ecstatic love, they lost all consideration of time and circumstance.

Try this today

Read the verse aloud, giving particular attention to the words “inundated with ecstatic love.”

Ask yourself

What does the devotees’ absorption reveal about the depth of their ecstatic love?

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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