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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.5

Great Authorities Did Not Rank These Devotees

“All the great personalities in the line of Lord Caitanya enumerated these devotees, but they could not distinguish between the greater and the lesser.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 10.5, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Great personalities in the line of Lord Caitanya enumerated these devotees.
  • Even these great personalities could not distinguish between the greater and the lesser.
  • Their enumeration of the devotees did not establish a ranking.

Try this today

Reread this verse and remind yourself not to treat a list of devotees as a ranking.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the great personalities’ inability to rank these devotees?

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.

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