Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 21.120
Kṛṣṇa Is Everyone’s Original Source and Shelter
“Such ecstatic transactions between Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs are possible only in Vṛndāvana, which is full of the opulences of transcendental love. The form of Kṛṣṇa is the original source of all transcendental qualities. It is like a mine of gems. The opulences belonging to all the personal expansions of Kṛṣṇa are to be understood to be bestowed by Kṛṣṇa; therefore Kṛṣṇa is the original source and shelter of everyone.
What the purport teaches
- The ecstatic exchanges between Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs are possible only in Vṛndāvana, which is full of the opulences of transcendental love.
- Kṛṣṇa’s form is the original source of all transcendental qualities, like a mine of gems.
- The opulences of all His personal expansions are bestowed by Kṛṣṇa. He is therefore the original source and shelter of everyone.
Try this today
Pause today and recall this teaching: Kṛṣṇa is the original source and shelter of everyone.
Ask yourself
What does it mean to you that Kṛṣṇa is the shelter of everyone?
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.