Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 2.79
Ecstasy Is Natural in the Supreme Lord
“Līlāśuka [Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura] was an ordinary human being, yet he developed many ecstatic symptoms in his body. What, then, is so astonishing about these symptoms’ being manifest in the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? In the ecstatic mood of conjugal love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was on the highest platform; therefore, all the exuberant ecstasies were naturally visible in His body.”
What the purport teaches
- Līlāśuka is Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura Gosvāmī. Following Cintāmaṇi’s advice, he became renounced, and by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa and the Vaiṣṇavas, he became a great devotee.
- On that elevated platform he wrote Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. Because he exhibited many ecstatic symptoms, people called him Līlāśuka.
- If such symptoms appeared in an ordinary human being, their appearance in the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not astonishing. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood on the highest platform of conjugal love, so these ecstasies were naturally visible in His body.
Try this today
Write one sentence recalling the role of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s and the Vaiṣṇavas’ mercy in Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura Gosvāmī’s life.
Ask yourself
How does the example of Līlāśuka help explain Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic symptoms?
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.