Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 8.94
The Highest Perfection of Loving Exchange
“Although Kṛṣṇa’s unparalleled beauty is the topmost sweetness of love of Godhead, His sweetness increases unlimitedly when He is in the company of the gopīs. Consequently Kṛṣṇa’s exchange of love with the gopīs is the topmost perfection of love of Godhead.
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa and His devotees become perfectly intimate in conjugal love of Godhead.
- Kṛṣṇa's unparalleled beauty is the topmost sweetness of love of Godhead. His sweetness increases unlimitedly in the company of the gopīs.
- His exchange of love with the gopīs is the topmost perfection of love of Godhead. In other mellows, the Lord and His devotees do not enjoy transcendental bliss as perfectly.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note how the gopīs’ company increases Kṛṣṇa's sweetness.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching help me appreciate the importance of loving exchange between Kṛṣṇa and His devotees?
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.