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Both Wings Offer Ecstatic Love

“The gopīs can be divided into a left wing and a right wing. Both wings induce Kṛṣṇa to taste transcendental mellows by various manifestations of ecstatic love.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 14.159, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The gopīs can be divided into a left wing and a right wing.
  • Both wings induce Kṛṣṇa to taste transcendental mellows.
  • They do this through various manifestations of ecstatic love.

Try this today

Write down what both wings have in common, using the words of the translation.

Ask yourself

What shared purpose do you notice in the two wings of gopīs?

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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