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Ecstasies Are Her Ornaments

“The ornaments decorating Her body are the blazing ecstasies of goodness and the constantly existing ecstasies, headed by jubilation. All these ecstasies are the ornaments all over Her body.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 8.174, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The blazing ecstasies of goodness decorate Her body.
  • The constantly existing ecstasies, headed by jubilation, also serve as Her ornaments.
  • All these ecstasies are described as ornaments spread over Her whole body.

Try this today

Read the verse once more, noticing both the blazing and the constantly existing ecstasies.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about jubilation being named among Her ornaments?

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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