Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 2.74
Kṛṣṇa Is Sweetness and Transcendental Bliss
“In the attitude of Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed the gopīs: “ ‘My dear friends, where is that Kṛṣṇa, Cupid personified, who has the effulgence of a kadamba flower, who is sweetness itself, the nectar of My eyes and mind, He who loosens the hair of the gopīs, who is the supreme source of transcendental bliss and My life and soul? Has He come before My eyes again?’””
What the purport teaches
- In the attitude of Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed the gopīs as His dear friends and asked where Kṛṣṇa was.
- He described Kṛṣṇa as Cupid personified, with the effulgence of a kadamba flower. Kṛṣṇa is sweetness itself and the nectar of His eyes and mind.
- Kṛṣṇa is the supreme source of transcendental bliss and His life and soul. The purport identifies this quotation as a verse from the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
Try this today
Choose one description of Kṛṣṇa from this verse and spend a minute reflecting on it.
Ask yourself
Which description of Kṛṣṇa in this verse most invites your reflection?
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.