Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 5.120
Ananta Śeṣa Knows Only Service to Kṛṣṇa
“That Ananta Śeṣa is the devotee incarnation of Godhead. He knows nothing but service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
What the purport teaches
- Ananta Śeṣa is the devotee incarnation of Godhead. He knows nothing but service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
- Śrī Anantadeva has thousands of faces and is fully independent. Always ready to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He waits upon Him constantly.
- Saṅkarṣaṇa is the first expansion of Vāsudeva and appears by His own will. Infinite and beyond all limits of time and space, He appears as the thousand-headed Śeṣa.
Try this today
Choose one small act of service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and carry it out attentively today.
Ask yourself
How can Ananta Śeṣa’s constant readiness to serve inspire your own service to Lord Kṛṣṇa?
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.