Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 3.184
Sunlight Removes Fear and Reveals Duties
“With the first glimpse of sunlight, fear of thieves, ghosts and demons immediately disappears, and when the sun is actually visible, everything is manifest, and everyone begins performing his religious activities and regulative duties.
What the purport teaches
- With the first glimpse of sunlight, fear of thieves, ghosts and demons immediately disappears.
- When the sun becomes visible, everything is manifest, and people begin their religious activities and regulative duties.
- The illustration distinguishes the first effects of light from its fuller appearance. The next verse applies this distinction to chanting.
Try this today
Read this verse alongside the next, noting what the first light and the visible sun each illustrate.
Ask yourself
How does the difference between dawn and full sunlight clarify this illustration for me?
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.