Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 18.150
A Journey for Bathing in the Ganges
“I will be very happy if we all leave and take the path by the banks of the Ganges. Then we can have the opportunity of bathing in the Ganges at Prayāga during Makara-saṅkrānti.
What the purport teaches
- Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya says that leaving together by the banks of the Ganges would make him very happy.
- The journey would offer an opportunity to bathe in the Ganges at Prayāga during Makara-saṅkrānti.
- The purport identifies two great occasions for bathing in the Ganges during Māgha-melā: the dark-moon day and the full-moon day of Māgha.
Try this today
Note the two bathing occasions named in the purport: the dark-moon and full-moon days of Māgha.
Ask yourself
What opportunity does Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya hope the journey will provide?
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.