Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 4.66
Birth Does Not Determine Devotional Fitness
“A person born in a low family is not unfit for discharging devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, nor is one fit for devotional service simply because he is born in an aristocratic family of brāhmaṇas.
What the purport teaches
- Birth in a low family does not make a person unfit to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa.
- Birth in an aristocratic family of brāhmaṇas does not, by itself, qualify someone for devotional service.
- Fitness for devotional service is not determined by family status.
Try this today
Notice one judgment based on family background today, and remind yourself that birth does not determine fitness to serve Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Do I judge my own or another person’s fitness for devotion by family background?
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.