Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 6.28
Let Responsibility Be Guided by Care
“For a maintainer to punish the person he maintains is not good. You are expert in all the scriptures. Indeed, you are like a living saint.”
What the purport teaches
- Raghunātha dāsa appeals that it is not good for a maintainer to punish the person he maintains. He asks the man to consider his duty of care.
- He respectfully acknowledges the man’s expertise in all the scriptures. His appeal calls attention to that knowledge.
- He describes the man as being like a living saint. These words appeal to the man’s capacity to act kindly.
Try this today
Before correcting someone in your care today, pause and consider how to respond kindly.
Ask yourself
Does the way you treat those in your care reflect the values you profess?
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.