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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 4.58

Devotional Service Awakens Love for Kṛṣṇa

“Unless one discharges devotional service, one cannot awaken one’s dormant love for Kṛṣṇa, and there is no means for attaining Him other than awakening that dormant love.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 4.58, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Love for Kṛṣṇa is dormant and needs to be awakened.
  • Without performing devotional service, one cannot awaken that love.
  • There is no means of attaining Kṛṣṇa other than awakening this dormant love.

Try this today

Offer one small act of service to Kṛṣṇa today, with the intention of awakening love for Him.

Ask yourself

Am I approaching devotional service as a way to awaken love for 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.

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