Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.32
The Lord Is Father and Mother
“I took birth from the lotus that grew from Your navel. Thus You are both my father and my mother, and I am Your son.
What the purport teaches
- The speaker took birth from the lotus growing from the Lord’s navel.
- He therefore addresses the Lord as both his father and his mother.
- He identifies himself as the Lord’s son.
Try this today
Read this prayer slowly and pause over the words “both my father and my mother.”
Ask yourself
What does addressing the Lord as both father and mother help me reflect upon?
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.