Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 17.226
Ecstatic Love Increases Toward Vṛndāvana
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mind was absorbed in ecstatic love at Jagannātha Purī, but when He passed along the road on the way to Vṛndāvana, that love increased a hundred times.”
What the purport teaches
- At Jagannātha Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mind was absorbed in ecstatic love.
- He then passed along the road on the way to Vṛndāvana.
- During that journey, His ecstatic love increased a hundred times.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly once more, pausing over the words “increased a hundred times.”
Ask yourself
What does this hundredfold increase help me appreciate about the Lord’s ecstatic love?
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.