Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 1.163
The Flute’s Extraordinary Fortune in Service
“ ‘My dear friend the flute, you are actually full of many holes or faults. You are light, hard, juiceless and full of knots. But what kind of pious activities have engaged you in the service of being kissed by the Lord and embraced by His hands?’
What the purport teaches
- Candrāvalī-sakhī, the gopī competitor of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, addresses the flute as her dear friend.
- She describes it as full of holes or faults, light, hard, juiceless and full of knots.
- Yet the flute is kissed by the Lord and embraced by His hands. She wonders what pious activities have brought it this service.
Try this today
Reread the verse and briefly reflect on the flute’s good fortune in serving the Lord.
Ask yourself
What strikes you about the contrast between the flute’s faults and its intimate service?
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.