Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 18.65
Loving Concern for Kṛṣṇa’s Tender Feet
“ ‘O dearly beloved! Your lotus feet are so soft that we place them gently on our breasts, fearing that Your feet will be hurt. Our life rests only in You. Our minds, therefore, are filled with anxiety that Your tender feet might be wounded by pebbles as You roam about on the forest path.’”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs spoke these words when Kṛṣṇa left them in the midst of the rāsa-līlā.
- They place His soft lotus feet gently on their breasts, fearing that His feet will be hurt.
- Their life rests only in Kṛṣṇa. They feel anxiety that pebbles on the forest path might wound His tender feet.
Try this today
Read the prayer slowly today, pausing over the words, “Our life rests only in You.”
Ask yourself
What does the gopīs’ concern for Kṛṣṇa’s feet reveal about their 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.