Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 17.228-229
Absorbed in Ecstatic Love Day and Night
“When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was elsewhere, the very name of Vṛndāvana was sufficient to increase His ecstatic love. Now, when He was actually traveling in the Vṛndāvana forest, His mind was absorbed in great ecstatic love day and night. He ate and bathed simply out of habit.”
What the purport teaches
- Even when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was elsewhere, the very name of Vṛndāvana increased His ecstatic love.
- While traveling in the Vṛndāvana forest, His mind was absorbed in great ecstatic love day and night.
- He ate and bathed simply out of habit, so deeply was He absorbed in ecstatic love.
Try this today
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words “absorbed in great ecstatic love day and night.”
Ask yourself
What does His response to the very name of Vṛndāvana reveal about His 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.