Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.57
Serve Kṛṣṇa Without Personal Motives
“The wife of a brāhmaṇa suffering from leprosy manifested herself as the topmost of all chaste women by serving a prostitute to satisfy her husband. She thus stopped the movement of the sun, brought her dead husband back to life and satisfied the three principal demigods [Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara].
What the purport teaches
- The brāhmaṇa’s wife served with extraordinary faithfulness. Seeing her chastity, her husband abandoned his sinful intentions.
- Her determination to serve her husband pleased Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara. They blessed her husband to be cured and brought back to life.
- The purport gives this example to emphasize exclusive service for Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction, without personal motives. Such service makes life successful.
Try this today
Do one small act of service for Kṛṣṇa today without seeking praise or a reward.
Ask yourself
What personal expectation could I set aside in serving 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.