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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.182

Combined Tastes Are Sweet Like Nectar

“These tastes are like a combination of yogurt, sugar candy, ghee [clarified butter], black pepper and camphor and are as palatable as sweet nectar.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 19.182, translation

What the purport teaches

  • These tastes are compared to a combination of ingredients.
  • The ingredients named are yogurt, sugar candy, ghee, black pepper and camphor.
  • Their combined taste is described as being as palatable as sweet nectar.

Try this today

List the five ingredients and note how the verse describes their combined taste.

Ask yourself

How does the image of combined ingredients help me appreciate the description of these tastes?

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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