Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.33
Remembering Our Eternal Service
“I am Your eternal servant, but I forgot Your Lordship. Now I have fallen into the ocean of nescience and have been conditioned by the external energy.
What the purport teaches
- The prayer begins by acknowledging, “I am Your eternal servant.” Forgetfulness does not change that relationship.
- Forgetting the Lord has led to falling into an ocean of nescience, or ignorance.
- The speaker acknowledges being conditioned by the external energy and turns to the Lord for mercy.
Try this today
Pause today and pray, “I am Your eternal servant, but I have forgotten You.”
Ask yourself
How might remembering that you are the Lord’s eternal servant shape your day?
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.