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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.63

Ecstatic Love Held Back Through Shyness

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great ecstatic love when they began discussing Kṛṣṇa, but the Lord checked His feelings because He felt shy before Vallabha Bhaṭṭa.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 19.63, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great ecstatic love when they began discussing Kṛṣṇa.
  • The Lord checked His feelings rather than expressing them freely.
  • He did so because He felt shy before Vallabha Bhaṭṭa.

Try this today

Read this verse slowly today, attending to both the Lord’s ecstatic love and His shyness.

Ask yourself

What does this verse show about the Lord’s feelings while discussing Kṛṣṇa?

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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