Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.253
The Lord Tastes the Gopīs’ Ecstasy
“Also in the fourteenth chapter is an account of how the emotional ecstasy of the gopīs was described by Svarūpa Dāmodara and tasted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”
What the purport teaches
- The fourteenth chapter also includes an account of the gopīs’ emotional ecstasy.
- Svarūpa Dāmodara described that ecstasy.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasted the ecstasy that Svarūpa Dāmodara described.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly, noting who described the ecstasy and who tasted it.
Ask yourself
What does this account invite you to notice about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response to the gopīs’ ecstasy?
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.