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More Devotees Share the Water Play

“Svarūpa Dāmodara and Vidyānidhi also threw water upon each other, and Murāri Gupta and Vāsudeva Datta also sported in that way.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 14.80, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Svarūpa Dāmodara and Vidyānidhi threw water upon each other.
  • Murāri Gupta and Vāsudeva Datta also sported together.
  • Both pairs shared in the same kind of water play.

Try this today

Read the four names aloud, noting which devotees were paired together.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about these devotees sharing in the water play?

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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