Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 16.21
Remembering the Lord and Returning Home
“The snake of separation bit Lakṣmīdevī, and its poison caused her death. Thus she passed to the next world. She went back home, back to Godhead.”
What the purport teaches
- The translation describes Lakṣmīdevī’s separation as a snake whose poison caused her death. She went back home, back to Godhead.
- One’s practice in thinking throughout life determines the quality of one’s thoughts at death. According to those thoughts, one obtains a suitable body.
- Lakṣmīdevī, the goddess of fortune from Vaikuṇṭha, was absorbed in thought of the Lord in separation. She therefore returned to Vaikuṇṭhaloka after death.
Try this today
Pause for one quiet minute today to remember the Lord.
Ask yourself
What thoughts are you cultivating through your daily habits?
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.