Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 9.10
Love of Godhead First Bears Fruit
“All glories to Śrī Mādhavendra Purī, the storehouse of all devotional service unto Kṛṣṇa! He is a desire tree of devotional service, and it is in him that the seed of devotional service first fructified.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Mādhavendra Purī is praised as the storehouse of all devotional service unto Kṛṣṇa. In him the seed of devotional service first fructified.
- He belonged to the disciplic succession from Madhvācārya. In that succession, where worship was full of ritualistic ceremonies, he was the first to exhibit symptoms of love of Godhead.
- His poem beginning ayi dīna-dayārdra nātha addresses the Lord as “O supremely merciful Personality of Godhead.” In it is the seed of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s cultivation of love of Godhead.
Try this today
Slowly repeat “O supremely merciful Personality of Godhead,” reflecting on love of Godhead as the aim of worship.
Ask yourself
Am I looking beyond the performance of ceremonies toward 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.