Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 17.56
Ecstatic Love Filled the Lord
“Similarly, whenever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw a river, He immediately accepted it as the river Yamunā. Thus while in the forest He was filled with great ecstatic love, and He danced and fell down crying.”
What the purport teaches
- Whenever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw a river, He immediately accepted it as the river Yamunā.
- While in the forest, He was filled with great ecstatic love.
- In that love, He danced and fell down crying.
Try this today
Spend a quiet moment remembering the Lord seeing a river as the Yamunā and becoming filled with ecstatic love.
Ask yourself
Which detail helps me pause and appreciate the depth of 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.