Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 3.15
Rules Alone Cannot Give Vraja’s Love
“Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to scriptural injunctions. But simply by following such regulative principles one cannot attain the loving sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhūmi.
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa says that people throughout the world worship Him according to scriptural injunctions.
- Simply following these regulative principles cannot bring the loving sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhūmi.
- The verse distinguishes worship according to rules from the loving sentiments of those devotees.
Try this today
Before worship today, pause and express your wish for loving attachment to Kṛṣṇa, not merely correct observance.
Ask yourself
When you worship, how much attention do you give to loving sentiment rather than only to following the practice?
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.