Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.144
Love of Godhead Surpasses Liberation
“Love of Godhead is so exalted that it is considered to be the fifth goal of human life. By awakening one’s love of Godhead, one can attain the platform of conjugal love, tasting it even during the present span of life.
What the purport teaches
- The four commonly known goals of life are religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. Devotional service stands above liberation.
- Love of Godhead is the fifth goal of human life. By awakening it, one can taste conjugal love even during this life.
- One who is actually liberated can understand kṛṣṇa-prema, love of Godhead. Yet out of millions of liberated persons, one may become a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Write down love of Godhead as your highest goal, and choose one act of devotional service to support it today.
Ask yourself
How does placing love of Godhead above liberation change my understanding of life's goal?
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.