Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.27.26
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyDevotional Service Is Open to Everyone
“Kālakanyā continued: O gentle one, I am now present before you to serve you. Please accept me and thus show me mercy. It is a gentleman’s greatest duty to be compassionate upon a person who is distressed.”
What the purport teaches
- Kālakanyā asks for mercy and says that compassion toward a distressed person is a gentleman’s greatest duty.
- Yavana-rāja considered her request out of regard for Nārada Muni’s order. The purport explains that anyone within the three worlds can accept the path of devotional service.
- Lord Caitanya requested that bhakti-yoga be preached in every village and town. Following the disciplic succession brings benefit to people throughout the world.
Try this today
Share one encouraging teaching about devotional service with someone willing to hear it.
Ask yourself
Do I see devotional service as an opportunity open to everyone?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.