Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 4.129-130
Vaiṣṇava Etiquette Is a Devotee’s Ornament
“My dear Sanātana, although you are the deliverer of the entire universe and although even the demigods and great saints are purified by touching you, it is the characteristic of a devotee to observe and protect the Vaiṣṇava etiquette. Maintenance of the Vaiṣṇava etiquette is the ornament of a devotee.
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu called Sanātana the deliverer of the entire universe.
- He said that even demigods and great saints were purified by touching Sanātana.
- Despite this exalted position, a devotee observes and protects Vaiṣṇava etiquette. Maintaining this etiquette is the ornament of a devotee.
Try this today
Choose one Vaiṣṇava etiquette practice you have learned and observe it carefully today.
Ask yourself
Do I treat devotional etiquette as something valuable, rather than something beneath 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.