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Nityānanda Prabhu’s Unfathomable Ecstatic Love

“Although the Lord told Nityānanda Prabhu to stay in Bengal and spread ecstatic love of God, Nityānanda left to go see Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Who can understand Nityānanda Prabhu’s ecstatic love?”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 16.14-15, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Lord told Nityānanda Prabhu to stay in Bengal and spread ecstatic love of God.
  • Nityānanda nevertheless left to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • The translation asks who can understand Nityānanda Prabhu’s ecstatic love.

Try this today

Read the closing question slowly and pause to acknowledge the limits of your understanding.

Ask yourself

How can I approach Nityānanda Prabhu’s ecstatic love without assuming I fully understand it?

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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