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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 21.44

Vṛndāvana Stores Kṛṣṇa’s Mercy and Sweet Love

“Vṛndāvana is the storehouse of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and the sweet opulences of conjugal love. That is where the spiritual energy, working as a maidservant, exhibits the rāsa dance, the quintessence of all pastimes.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 21.44, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Vṛndāvana is the storehouse of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and the sweet opulences of conjugal love.
  • The spiritual energy works there as a maidservant.
  • That spiritual energy exhibits the rāsa dance, the quintessence of all pastimes.

Try this today

Reread the translation and note its description of Vṛndāvana as a storehouse of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the spiritual energy working as a maidservant?

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.

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