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Swim According to Your Strength

“The whole world became merged in the inundation of the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One can swim in that water to the extent that he has the strength.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 17.233, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are described as an inundation.
  • The whole world became merged in that inundation.
  • One can swim in that water to the extent that one has the strength.

Try this today

Choose one short passage about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes and read it attentively today.

Ask yourself

What would it mean for you to engage with these pastimes according to your present strength?

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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