Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.34
Hear Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes and Serve Him
“Kṛṣṇa manifests His eternal humanlike form and performs His pastimes to show mercy to the devotees. Having heard such pastimes, one should engage in service to Him.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa manifests His eternal humanlike form and performs His pastimes to show mercy to devotees. Hearing these pastimes should lead to service to Him.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead has innumerable expansions of His transcendental form eternally existing in the spiritual world. Time cannot deteriorate or interfere with existence there.
- The material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world, where all existence is unadulterated goodness. Material goodness is contaminated by passion and ignorance.
Try this today
After reading this verse, offer one small act of service to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How can my hearing about Kṛṣṇa lead to service rather than remain only information?
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.