Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.165
Love Desires to Please Kṛṣṇa
“The desire to gratify one’s own senses is kāma [lust], but the desire to please the senses of Lord Kṛṣṇa is prema [love].”
What the purport teaches
- The desire to gratify one’s own senses is kāma, or lust.
- The desire to please the senses of Lord Kṛṣṇa is prema, or love.
- The distinction rests on whose senses one desires to please: one’s own or Lord Kṛṣṇa’s.
Try this today
Before one act of service today, pause and form the intention to please Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
In my service, whose pleasure am I seeking?
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.