Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.54
Take Shelter of Merciful Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya
“We offer our respectful obeisances unto that merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead who has converted all three worlds, which were maddened by ignorance, and saved them from their diseased condition by making them mad with the nectar from the treasure-house of love of God. Let us take full shelter of that Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, whose activities are wonderful.”
What the purport teaches
- The prayer offers respectful obeisances to the merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
- He saved the three worlds from their diseased condition of ignorance by making them mad with nectar from the treasure-house of love of God.
- The prayer calls us to take full shelter of Him, whose activities are wonderful.
Try this today
Read this prayer aloud once as a personal appeal for shelter.
Ask yourself
What would it mean for me to take fuller shelter of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya?
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.