Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 23.52
Transitory Ingredients Enrich the Mellow
“There are other ingredients, beginning with complete despondency and jubilation. Altogether there are thirty-three varieties, and when these combine, the mellow becomes very wonderful.
What the purport teaches
- Other ingredients include complete despondency and jubilation.
- These transitory elements, called vyabhicārī, have thirty-three varieties.
- When these ingredients combine, the mellow becomes very wonderful.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly, noting the two contrasting ingredients and the total number of varieties.
Ask yourself
What strikes you about both despondency and jubilation being ingredients of the mellow?
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.