Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 1.178
Reflect on Your Responsibility Before the Lord
“Why are you questioning me? Better that you question your own mind. Because you are the King of the people, you are the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore you can understand this better than I.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī asked the king why he was questioning him and advised him instead to question his own mind.
- He said that, as king of the people, the king was the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- On that basis, he told the king that he could understand this better than Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī himself.
Try this today
Spend one quiet minute examining a responsibility you hold and how you understand it.
Ask yourself
Do I pause for honest reflection when considering the responsibilities entrusted to me?
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.