Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 5.107
Devotees’ words bring devotional happiness
“Hearing the poetry of a person who has no transcendental knowledge and who writes about the relationships between man and woman simply causes unhappiness, whereas hearing the words of a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love causes great happiness.
What the purport teaches
- Grāmya-kavi refers to writers who write only about relationships between man and woman. Hearing such poetry from someone without transcendental knowledge causes unhappiness.
- Vidagdha-ātmīya-vākya refers to words written by a devotee who fully understands pure devotional service. Such devotees follow the paramparā system.
- Their writings are pleasing to devotees of the same disposition. Hearing the words of a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love brings great happiness.
Try this today
Spend a few minutes today reading words of a devotee who follows the paramparā system and teaches pure devotional service.
Ask yourself
What kinds of writing am I choosing to nourish my devotional life?
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.