Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 5.146
Ecstatic Love Transforms Time and Distance
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu laughed, cried, danced and made many ecstatic vibrations and sounds. Although the temple was only six miles away, to Him the distance seemed thousands of miles.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu laughed, cried, danced and made many ecstatic sounds.
- In His ecstasy, He considered one moment to last as long as twelve years.
- After seeing the Jagannātha temple from a distance, He felt the six-mile path to be many thousands of miles long.
Try this today
Read this description slowly today, pausing to reflect on the intensity of Mahāprabhu’s longing to reach the temple.
Ask yourself
What does Mahāprabhu’s experience of the short journey reveal about the intensity of His love?
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.