Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 11.51
Devotion, Association and Help in Preaching
“The fifty-eighth great devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Kaṁsāri Sena, the fifty-ninth was Rāmasena, the sixtieth was Rāmacandra Kavirāja, and the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third were Govinda, Śrīraṅga and Mukunda, who were all physicians.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja was a disciple of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and the most intimate friend of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura prayed several times for his association.
- Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī greatly appreciated Rāmacandra Kavirāja’s devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa and therefore gave him the title Kavirāja.
- Rāmacandra Kavirāja was perpetually disinterested in family life. He greatly assisted the preaching work of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer today for the association of a devotee deeply devoted to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
What does Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura’s prayer suggest to you about the value of devotional association?
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.