Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 6.76
True Importance Comes Through Serving Kṛṣṇa
“What to speak of others, even Lord Baladeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is full of emotions like pure friendship and paternal love.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Baladeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Kṛṣṇa’s worshipable elder brother. Yet He acts as Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servitor, with emotions of pure friendship and paternal love.
- The catur-vyūha expansions presiding over the Vaikuṇṭha planets are direct expansions from Baladeva. Everyone in the spiritual sky considers himself a servant of the Lord; no one can supersede Kṛṣṇa or demand service from Him.
- The more a person serves Kṛṣṇa, the more important he is; absence of that service invites material contamination. Developing pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness immediately develops one’s eternal servitorship to Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes today to read about Kṛṣṇa with the intention of developing your attitude of service.
Ask yourself
How would measuring importance by service change what you seek today?
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.