Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 8.79
Conjugal Love Is the Topmost Position
“The Lord said, “Your statements are certainly getting better and better one after the other, but surpassing all of them is another transcendental mellow, and you can speak of that as the most sublime.””
What the purport teaches
- The Lord said that the statements were getting better and better, one after another.
- He asked about another transcendental mellow that surpassed them all and was the most sublime.
- Rāmānanda Rāya replied that conjugal attachment for Kṛṣṇa is the topmost position in love of Godhead.
Try this today
Read Rāmānanda Rāya’s reply twice, noting that its subject is love of Godhead.
Ask yourself
How does this verse deepen your appreciation of the different relationships in love of Godhead?
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.