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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.51

Hearing about Kṛṣṇa awakens attraction

“The queens in Dvārakā, headed by Rukmiṇī, are also attracted to Kṛṣṇa simply by hearing about His transcendental beauty and qualities.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 24.51, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The queens in Dvārakā, headed by Rukmiṇī, are also attracted to Kṛṣṇa.
  • Their attraction arises simply by hearing about His transcendental beauty and qualities.
  • The following verse gives Rukmiṇī’s own expression of how hearing about Kṛṣṇa drew her to Him.

Try this today

Read aloud one description of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty from this batch and listen carefully to the words.

Ask yourself

How might attentive hearing deepen your attraction to 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.

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