Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 17.165
Ecstatic Love for Kṛṣṇa Is Spiritual Wealth
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “You are an elderly brāhmaṇa, you are sincere, and you are advanced in spiritual life. Wherefrom have you gotten this transcendental opulence of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa?””
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognized the elderly brāhmaṇa as sincere.
- He also recognized that the brāhmaṇa was advanced in spiritual life.
- The Lord called his ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa a transcendental opulence and asked where he had received it.
Try this today
Write one sentence reflecting on why love for Kṛṣṇa is a form of spiritual wealth.
Ask yourself
What does describing love for Kṛṣṇa as “transcendental opulence” suggest about true spiritual wealth?
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.