Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 6.49-50
Glorious Scholars Overwhelmed by Joyful Service
“Śrīvāsa, Haridāsa, Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara, Murāri, Mukunda, Candraśekhara and Vakreśvara are all glorious and are all learned scholars, but the sentiment of servitude to Lord Caitanya makes them mad in ecstasy.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrīvāsa, Haridāsa, Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara, Murāri, Mukunda, Candraśekhara and Vakreśvara are all glorious.
- They are all learned scholars.
- Yet it is the sentiment of servitude to Lord Caitanya that makes them mad in ecstasy.
Try this today
Before your next study session today, pause and express your wish to use your learning in service to Lord Caitanya.
Ask yourself
How can your study support a desire to serve Lord Caitanya?
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.