Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 14.87
From Dry Logic to Transcendental Nectar
“Logic is like a dry oil cake from which all the oil has been extracted. The Bhaṭṭācārya passed his life in eating such dry cakes, but now You have made him drink the nectar of transcendental pastimes. It is certainly Your great mercy upon him.”
What the purport teaches
- Logic is compared to a dry oil cake from which all the oil has been extracted.
- The Bhaṭṭācārya had passed his life eating such dry cakes, but now he had been made to drink the nectar of transcendental pastimes.
- This change is described as great mercy upon him.
Try this today
Reread the verse and write down what is compared to dry cake and what is called nectar.
Ask yourself
What does the contrast between dry cakes and nectar help you understand?
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.