Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.161
Knowledge Comes Through the Most Intimate Companion
“Anyone else who claims to know it must have heard it from him, for he was the most intimate companion of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”
What the purport teaches
- The person described here was the most intimate companion of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
- Anyone else who claims to know this must have heard it from him.
- The translation connects this knowledge with hearing from that intimate companion.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note whom it identifies as the source of this knowledge.
Ask yourself
How does this emphasis on hearing shape my approach to learning?
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.