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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 23.47

Permanent Ecstasy Combines With Other Ingredients

“When the permanent ecstasies [neutrality, servitorship and so on] are mixed with other ingredients, devotional service in love of Godhead is transformed and becomes composed of transcendental mellows.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 23.47, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Neutrality, servitorship and the other permanent ecstasies form the basis of this description.
  • These permanent ecstasies are mixed with other ingredients.
  • Through this mixture, devotional service in love of Godhead is transformed and becomes composed of transcendental mellows.

Try this today

Write one sentence summarizing how permanent ecstasies and other ingredients combine in devotional service.

Ask yourself

What does the idea of a mixture help you understand about transcendental mellows?

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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