Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 4.175
Understand Everything in Relationship to Kṛṣṇa
“ ‘Anything not conceived in relationship to Kṛṣṇa should be understood to be illusion [māyā]. None of the illusions uttered by words or conceived in the mind are factual. Because illusion is not factual, there is no distinction between what we think is good and what we think is bad. When we speak of the Absolute Truth, such speculations do not apply.’
What the purport teaches
- Anything conceived without a relationship to Kṛṣṇa should be understood as illusion, or māyā.
- Illusions expressed in words or conceived in the mind are not factual. Distinctions of good and bad within such illusion have no factual basis.
- These speculations do not apply to the Absolute Truth.
Try this today
Choose one concern today and pause to consider it in relationship to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
What am I currently considering without reference to its relationship with 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.