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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.47

Ecstatic Emotion Expressed in Repeated Obeisances

“Both brothers were overwhelmed with ecstatic emotion, and reciting various Sanskrit verses, they stood up and fell down again and again.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 19.47, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Both brothers were overwhelmed with ecstatic emotion.
  • They recited various Sanskrit verses.
  • They stood up and fell down again and again.

Try this today

Read this verse slowly today, noticing both the brothers’ recitation and their repeated bowing.

Ask yourself

How do the brothers’ words and movements express their overwhelming emotion?

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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