Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 9.146
Kṛṣṇa’s Special Transcendental Attraction
“ ‘According to transcendental realization, there is no difference between the forms of Kṛṣṇa and Nārāyaṇa. Yet in Kṛṣṇa there is a special transcendental attraction due to the conjugal mellow, and consequently He surpasses Nārāyaṇa. This is the conclusion of transcendental mellows.’
What the purport teaches
- According to transcendental realization, there is no difference between the forms of Kṛṣṇa and Nārāyaṇa. Yet Kṛṣṇa surpasses Nārāyaṇa through the special attraction of the conjugal mellow.
- This verse appears in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, although the conversation between Lord Caitanya and Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa occurred before that work was composed.
- Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains that this verse and others like it were already current among devotees. They would quote these verses and explain their meaning in ecstasy.
Try this today
Read the translation aloud once, noting both the absence of difference and the special attraction of Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching hold together the oneness of Kṛṣṇa and Nārāyaṇa with Kṛṣṇa’s special attraction?
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.