Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 11.40
Kṛṣṇa Always Lived in His Devotee
“Śrī Kānu Ṭhākura, a very respectable gentleman, was the son of Puruṣottama dāsa Ṭhākura. He was such a great devotee that Lord Kṛṣṇa always lived in his body.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Kānu Ṭhākura was the son of Puruṣottama dāsa Ṭhākura. He was such a great devotee that Lord Kṛṣṇa always lived in his body.
- He was the cowherd boy Dāma during kṛṣṇa-līlā. Because he was a great devotee from the beginning of his life, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu named him Śiśu Kṛṣṇadāsa.
- At five years old, he went to Vṛndāvana with Jāhnavā-mātā. Seeing his ecstatic symptoms, the Gosvāmīs gave him the name Kānāi Ṭhākura.
Try this today
Reread the translation and spend a minute appreciating Kānu Ṭhākura’s closeness to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
What moves you about Kānu Ṭhākura’s devotion from the very beginning of his life?
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.