Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 9.141
Always Remember Your Eternal Service
“Whether you are involved in material activities or become completely renounced, you five brothers are all My eternal servants, birth after birth.
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tells the five brothers that they are His eternal servants, birth after birth. Their position does not depend on whether they work or adopt renunciation.
- Taking sannyāsa and dealing with money are external affairs. In every condition, one should consider how to please and satisfy Kṛṣṇa.
- Forgetting one’s eternal service to Kṛṣṇa brings material attachment. Remembering Kṛṣṇa as the supreme master keeps one liberated even amid great material affairs.
Try this today
Before one ordinary task, pause and ask, “How can I do this in a way that pleases Kṛṣṇa?”
Ask yourself
How would remembering that I am Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servant change my approach to today’s work?
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.