Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 14.174
Seven Loving Symptoms of Kila-kiñcita-bhāva
“ ‘Pride, ambition, weeping, smiling, envy, fear and anger are the seven ecstatic loving symptoms manifested by a jubilant shrinking away, and these symptoms are called kila-kiñcita-bhāva.’
What the purport teaches
- Pride, ambition, weeping, smiling, envy, fear and anger are the seven symptoms named here.
- They are ecstatic loving symptoms manifested by a jubilant shrinking away.
- These symptoms are called kila-kiñcita-bhāva.
Try this today
Read the seven symptoms aloud once, keeping the phrase “ecstatic loving symptoms” in mind.
Ask yourself
What do you notice about the variety of feelings named as ecstatic loving symptoms?
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.