Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.39
Becoming Open to Devotional Service
“All were converted into devotees of Lord Caitanya, even the mlecchas and yavanas. Only the impersonalist followers of Śaṅkarācārya evaded Him.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Caitanya brought people of many backgrounds into devotion, including Muslims and other mlecchas.
- People attached to fruitive activities, great logicians, blasphemers, nondevotees and degraded students gradually became His devotees.
- The impersonalist followers of Śaṅkarācārya were extremely difficult to convert. They tactfully evaded Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's efforts.
Try this today
Read this translation slowly and identify one way you can be more receptive to devotional service today.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to receive devotional teaching, or do I look for ways to avoid it?
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.