Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 10.13
The Supreme Lord Teaches Devotee Service
“A Vaiṣṇava travels to places of pilgrimage to purify them and reclaim fallen conditioned souls. This is one of the duties of a Vaiṣṇava. Actually, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not a living entity but the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Consequently, He is a fully independent controller, yet in His position as a devotee, He carries out the activities of a devotee.”
What the purport teaches
- Exalted devotees visit holy places to reclaim residents who do not precisely follow the rules for living there. A Vaiṣṇava is unhappy to see others materially enmeshed.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not a living entity but the complete and independent Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although worshipable by all Vaiṣṇavas, He carries out and teaches the activities of a devotee.
- He is complete, completely uncontaminated and eternally liberated. He has no beginning or end.
Try this today
Offer one small act of thoughtful help today to someone you see struggling.
Ask yourself
How can concern for someone caught in material difficulties shape my actions?
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.