Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.55
Selfish Enjoyment Leads Away From Service
“Why does a woman continue to live who knows that Kṛṣṇa’s heart is unhappy but who still shows her deep anger toward Him? She is interested in her own happiness. I condemn such a woman to be struck on the head with a thunderbolt, for We simply want the happiness of Kṛṣṇa.
What the purport teaches
- The speaker strongly condemns anger that continues despite knowing Kṛṣṇa is unhappy. Such anger serves personal happiness rather than His.
- The purport warns that a devotee satisfied only with personal sense gratification falls down from Kṛṣṇa’s service.
- Attraction to material happiness can lead such a person to join the prākṛta-sahajiyās, whom the purport describes as nondevotees.
Try this today
Examine one service you do today and identify any wish for personal enjoyment that is overshadowing its purpose.
Ask yourself
Where might attachment to my own enjoyment be weakening my willingness to serve Kṛṣṇa?
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.