Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 9.120
Faultless, Yet Unable to Enter
“Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “I know that there is no fault on the part of the goddess of fortune, but still she could not enter into the rāsa dance. We hear this from the revealed scriptures.”
What the purport teaches
- Caitanya Mahāprabhu agreed that there was no fault on the part of the goddess of fortune.
- Still, she could not enter into the rāsa dance.
- He stated that this is heard from the revealed scriptures.
Try this today
Write the two statements side by side, and note that Caitanya Mahāprabhu cites the revealed scriptures.
Ask yourself
Can you hold together both statements—that she was faultless and that she could not enter—without supplying an explanation not given here?
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.