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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 23.99

Devotees Appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s Loving Exchanges

“The exchange between Kṛṣṇa and different devotees situated in different transcendental mellows is not to be experienced by nondevotees. Advanced devotees can understand and appreciate the different varieties of devotional service reciprocated with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 23.99, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇa exchanges with different devotees situated in different transcendental mellows.
  • These exchanges are not to be experienced by nondevotees.
  • Advanced devotees can understand and appreciate the different varieties of devotional service reciprocated with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Try this today

Reread the translation and note the distinction between what nondevotees cannot experience and what advanced devotees can appreciate.

Ask yourself

How does this teaching encourage humility about your present understanding of devotional exchanges?

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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