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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 18.84

Love Expressed Through Respectful Obeisances

“Upon seeing the Lord’s personal beauty and ecstatic love, Kṛṣṇadāsa was very much astonished. Out of ecstatic love, he offered his respectful obeisances unto the Lord.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 18.84, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇadāsa saw the Lord’s personal beauty and ecstatic love.
  • Seeing these, he was very much astonished.
  • Out of ecstatic love, he offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.

Try this today

Offer respectful obeisances to the Lord today.

Ask yourself

How did Kṛṣṇadāsa express the love he felt upon seeing the Lord?

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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