Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 17.144
Ecstatic Sentiments Await Willing Customers
“I have come here to sell My emotional ecstatic sentiments in this city of Kāśī, but I cannot find any customers. If they are not sold, I must take them back home.
What the purport teaches
- The speaker describes His emotional ecstatic sentiments as something He has come to sell.
- He has brought them to the city of Kāśī but cannot find any customers.
- He says that if they are not sold, He must take them back home.
Try this today
Reread the verse and briefly consider whether you would be a willing customer for these ecstatic sentiments.
Ask yourself
What does the image of finding no customers make me consider about my own receptivity?
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.