Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 1.59
Choose Association That Supports Devotional Service
“One should therefore avoid bad company and associate only with devotees. With their realized instructions, such saints can cut the knot connecting one with activities unfavorable to devotional service.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke this instruction to Uddhava in the Uddhava-gīta. Its setting concerns Purūravā, who had to learn to overcome his grief after Urvaśī left him.
- One should avoid bad company and associate only with devotees.
- The realized instructions of saints can cut the knot connecting a person with activities unfavorable to devotional service.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes today to hear a devotee’s instruction rather than spend that time in unfavorable company.
Ask yourself
Which association helps you turn away from activities unfavorable to devotional service?
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.