Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 14.163
Love’s Progress Takes a Crooked Course
“ ‘The progress of loving affairs between a young boy and a young girl is by nature crooked, like the movement of a snake. Because of this, two types of anger arise between a young boy and girl — anger with a cause and anger without a cause.’”
What the purport teaches
- Loving affairs between a young boy and girl progress crookedly, like the movement of a snake.
- Two types of anger arise: anger with a cause and anger without a cause.
- This quotation comes from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi.
Try this today
Write down the two types of anger distinguished in this quotation.
Ask yourself
What does the comparison to a snake’s movement help you notice about the progress of love described here?
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.