Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 8.23
Their Natural Love Awakens
“Their natural love for each other was awakened in them both, and they embraced and fell to the ground.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was an incarnation of the gopī Viśākhā, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. Love therefore awakened naturally between them.
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the combination of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa. Viśākhā is a principal gopī assisting Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
- Their natural love for each other awakened, and they embraced and fell to the ground.
Try this today
Reread the purport once, remembering its teaching that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Ask yourself
How does knowing their identities help you understand the natural love in their meeting?
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.