Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 4.179
Accept What Favors Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
“Since I am in the renounced order, My duty is to make no distinctions and be equipoised. My knowledge must be equally disposed toward sandalwood pulp and dirty mud.
What the purport teaches
- A sannyāsī, a learned person and a Vaiṣṇava should remain equipoised, without treating material things as important for sense gratification.
- An advanced devotee neither desires sandalwood pulp for enjoyment nor hates mud because it offers no such enjoyment. Material enjoyment and rejection are not the devotee’s concern.
- The devotee accepts whatever favors advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A Vaiṣṇava should always hanker for the spiritual life of rendering service to the Lord.
Try this today
When choosing whether to use something today, ask whether it will help your devotional service, and decide on that basis.
Ask yourself
Am I accepting or rejecting things for personal enjoyment, or for their value in the Lord’s service?
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.