Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 15.27
A Home Means More Than a House
“Merely a house is not a home, for it is a wife who gives a home its meaning. If one lives at home with his wife, together they can fulfill all the interests of human life.”
What the purport teaches
- Merely having a house does not make it a home.
- The Lord explains that a wife gives a home its meaning.
- Living together, husband and wife can fulfill all the interests of human life.
Try this today
Write down one way a husband and wife can support each other in fulfilling life’s purposes.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching shift your attention from a building to the relationship within it?
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.