Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 21.125
Kṛṣṇa Is Identical with Kāma-gāyatrī
“Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is identical with the Vedic hymn known as the Kāma-gāyatrī, which is composed of twenty-four and a half syllables. Those syllables are compared to moons that arise in Kṛṣṇa. Thus all three worlds are filled with desire.
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is identical with the Vedic hymn known as the Kāma-gāyatrī.
- The Kāma-gāyatrī is composed of twenty-four and a half syllables.
- These syllables are compared to moons arising in Kṛṣṇa, filling all three worlds with desire.
Try this today
Write down the verse’s central teaching: Kṛṣṇa is identical with the Kāma-gāyatrī.
Ask yourself
What stands out to you in the comparison of the Kāma-gāyatrī’s syllables to moons arising in Kṛṣṇa?
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.