Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.145
Protecting the Opportunity for Personal Service
“The twenty-second devotee, Kṛṣṇadāsa, was born of a pure and respectable brāhmaṇa family. While touring southern India, Lord Caitanya took Kṛṣṇadāsa with Him.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇadāsa came from a pure and respectable brāhmaṇa family. He accompanied Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu through southern India to carry His waterpot.
- In Malabar, members of the Bhaṭṭathāri cult tried to captivate Kṛṣṇadāsa by supplying a woman to seduce him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saved him from being harmed.
- On returning to Jagannātha Purī, the Lord ordered Kṛṣṇadāsa to remain separate from Him. Kṛṣṇadāsa thus lost His personal association because the Lord was not favorably disposed toward an associate attracted by a woman.
Try this today
Set aside one distracting activity today and complete a service responsibility.
Ask yourself
What attraction could distract me from a responsibility in 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.