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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 14.34

Understanding Leads to a Practical Change

“Now that I can understand this philosophy, no more shall I eat dirt. Whenever I am hungry I shall suck your breast and drink your breast milk.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 14.34, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Lord told His mother that He now understood this philosophy.
  • He declared that He would no longer eat dirt.
  • He said that whenever He was hungry, He would drink His mother’s breast milk.

Try this today

Reread the Lord’s reply and identify the practical change He promised.

Ask yourself

How did the Lord connect His stated understanding with a change in what He would eat?

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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