Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.165
Kṛṣṇa’s Original Form Depends on No Other
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead exists in three principal forms — svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma-rūpa and āveśa-rūpa.
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead exists in three principal forms: svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma-rūpa and āveśa-rūpa.
- Svayaṁ-rūpa means the original form, which does not depend on other forms.
- Kṛṣṇa’s form as a cowherd boy in Vṛndāvana is this original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Write “svayaṁ-rūpa” and its meaning, then note that it refers to Kṛṣṇa’s original cowherd-boy form in Vṛndāvana.
Ask yourself
What does it mean to you that Kṛṣṇa’s original form depends on no other form?
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.