Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 7.24
Love of Kṛṣṇa Is Life’s Highest Goal
“Through the mercy of Rāmānanda Rāya, I have understood that ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life and that spontaneous love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest perfection.
What the purport teaches
- Through Rāmānanda Rāya’s mercy, the speaker has understood that ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life.
- Religion, economic development, satisfaction of the senses and liberation are the four usual goals of life. Above them all stands love of Godhead, called parama-puruṣārtha or puruṣārtha-śiromaṇi.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by regulative devotional service, but spontaneous love of Godhead is the highest perfection of devotional service.
Try this today
Write “Love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life” beside today’s plans as a reminder of the purpose of devotional service.
Ask yourself
Where does love of Kṛṣṇa stand among the goals that guide my daily choices?
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.