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Hearing Helps Us Understand the Lord’s Desire

“Thus I have described how the Lord again met with Sanātana Gosvāmī. By hearing this I can understand the Lord’s desire.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 4.237, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The author concludes his description of how the Lord again met with Sanātana Gosvāmī.
  • He connects hearing this account with understanding the Lord’s desire.
  • The account invites attentive hearing, with an interest in what the Lord desires.

Try this today

Reread this translation slowly, keeping its stated purpose—understanding the Lord’s desire—in mind.

Ask yourself

How might your reading change if you focused on understanding the Lord’s desire?

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.

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