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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 7.27

Kṛṣṇa Is Accessible Through Loving Service

“ ‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā, is accessible to those devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.’

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.27, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • He is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service.
  • He is not as easily accessible through mental speculation, severe austerities and penances, or identifying the body with the self.

Try this today

Choose one small act of devotional service today and do it with deliberate loving attention to Kṛṣṇa.

Ask yourself

How might your approach to Kṛṣṇa become more focused on loving service?

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.

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