Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 21.118
Complete Love Becomes Ever New
“Both the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa are complete. The gopīs’ ecstatic love is like a mirror that becomes newer and newer at every moment and reflects Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster and sweetness. Thus competition increases. Since neither give up, their pastimes become newer and newer, and both sides constantly increase.
What the purport teaches
- Both the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa are complete.
- The gopīs’ ecstatic love is like a mirror that becomes newer at every moment. It reflects Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster and sweetness.
- Their loving competition increases because neither gives up. Their pastimes become ever newer, and both sides constantly increase.
Try this today
Reread the verse and note one detail about how love and sweetness continually increase.
Ask yourself
What does the ever-new mirror of the gopīs’ love help you appreciate?
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.