Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.25
Seeing the Lord Through Devotional Service
“Through their service, devotees see that Personality of Godhead, just as the denizens of heaven see the personality of the sun.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead has an eternal form that cannot be seen by material eyes or mental speculation.
- The demigods have eyes suitable for seeing the sun-god through the glaring sunshine. Similarly, seeing the Supreme Lord requires the spiritual eyes of devotional service.
- Only transcendental devotional service reveals the Lord’s transcendental form. The ascending approach reaches impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā, but not the Supreme Transcendental Personality.
Try this today
Offer one small act of service to the Lord today, remembering that devotional service is the way to understand His form.
Ask yourself
Am I trying to understand the Lord through speculation alone, or through devotional service?
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.