Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 16.138
Austerity Behind an Unexpected Gift
“It is therefore to be understood that such an unfit person must have obtained the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips on the strength of some austerity.”
What the purport teaches
- The speaker considers how someone described as unfit could obtain the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips.
- The conclusion is that this person must have performed some austerity.
- The nectar is understood to have been obtained on the strength of that austerity.
Try this today
Read this verse together with the preceding one and note the explanation offered for the unexpected recipient’s good fortune.
Ask yourself
How does this explanation change your understanding of the apparently unfit recipient?
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.