Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 7.22
Devotional Service Is the Essence of Yoga
“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya has shown Me the limit of devotional service. Only by his mercy have I understood that devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the essence of all mystic yoga.
What the purport teaches
- Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya has shown the speaker the limit of devotional service.
- The speaker credits his mercy alone for this understanding.
- Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the essence of all mystic yoga.
Try this today
Before your devotional practice today, pause and recall that service to Kṛṣṇa is the essence of all mystic yoga.
Ask yourself
How would seeing devotional service to Kṛṣṇa as the essence of yoga shape my spiritual priorities?
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.