Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 21.110
Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s Sweetness Awakens Love
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is full in all six opulences, including His attractive beauty, which engages Him in conjugal love with the gopīs. Such sweetness is the quintessence of His qualities. Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, has described these pastimes of Kṛṣṇa throughout Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Hearing the descriptions, the devotees become mad with love of God.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is full in all six opulences. His attractive beauty engages Him in conjugal love with the gopīs.
- This sweetness is the quintessence—the very essence—of His qualities.
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, describes these pastimes throughout Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Hearing these descriptions, devotees become mad with love of God.
Try this today
Read this translation aloud slowly, listening carefully to its description of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
Ask yourself
How might the devotees’ response encourage you to hear descriptions of Kṛṣṇa attentively?
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.