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The Associates Smile at the Maidservants’ Impudence

“When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s associates saw such impudence exhibited by the maidservants of the goddess of fortune, they covered their faces with their hands and began to smile.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 14.135, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s associates saw the impudence of the goddess of fortune’s maidservants.
  • The associates covered their faces with their hands.
  • As they covered their faces, they began to smile.

Try this today

Read the verse once more, paying attention to what the associates saw and how they responded.

Ask yourself

What do the covered faces and smiles help you notice about the associates’ reaction?

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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