Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 6.294
Honor Kṛṣṇa’s Form Beyond Material Judgments
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Raghunātha dāsa, “This stone is the transcendental form of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Worship the stone with great eagerness.””
What the purport teaches
- The govardhana-śilā is directly the transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Raghunātha dāsa to worship it with great eagerness.
- The Lord awakened devotional service to the stone in Raghunātha dāsa’s heart. By giving him the stone, He accepted him as one of His most confidential servants.
- The purport strongly warns against seeing the worshipable stone as ordinary, the spiritual master as an ordinary human being, or a pure Vaiṣṇava through caste distinctions. One should accept a Vaiṣṇava as transcendental, without envy over caste or sect.
Try this today
Notice one judgment you make about a devotee’s background today, and consciously set it aside.
Ask yourself
Do material distinctions ever keep you from honoring a Vaiṣṇava?
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.