Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.27
Love of Godhead Weakens Material Desire
“When the five members of the Pañca-tattva saw the entire world drowned in love of Godhead and the seed of material enjoyment in the living entities completely destroyed, they all became exceedingly happy.”
What the purport teaches
- Every living entity belongs to the Lord’s marginal potency and has a natural tendency to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Yet the seed of material enjoyment is also within each one.
- Watered by material nature, this seed grows into a tree of material entanglement. Its enjoyments bring the three material miseries.
- As love of Godhead spreads, the seeds of material enjoyment become powerless. Seeing this made the five members of the Pañca-tattva exceedingly happy.
Try this today
Today, notice one desire for material enjoyment and pause to remember your natural tendency to become Kṛṣṇa conscious.
Ask yourself
How does this image of a flood help you understand the power of love of Godhead?
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.