Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.299
Friendship, Service and the Lord’s Honor
“His natural emotions were always on the platform of fraternity and servitude, but the Lord sometimes treated Him as His spiritual master.”
What the purport teaches
- His natural emotions were always on the platform of fraternity, or friendship.
- Servitude was also a constant part of His natural emotions.
- The Lord sometimes treated Him as His spiritual master.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note the distinction between “always” and “sometimes.”
Ask yourself
What strikes you about the contrast between His mood of service and the Lord’s treatment of Him?
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.