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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.266

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Is Kṛṣṇa in Sound

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has personally preached the transcendental truths and mellows of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are identical, for Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the sound incarnation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 25.266, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally preached the transcendental truths of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
  • He also taught its transcendental mellows—the spiritual sweetness it reveals.
  • Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are identical. It is the sound incarnation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Try this today

Read a short passage from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam aloud, remembering its identity with Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Ask yourself

How might knowing that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is Kṛṣṇa’s sound incarnation change the way you hear it?

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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