Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 10.159
Admitting Prestige Cannot Overcome Ignorance
“Thus admitting his mistake, Brahmānanda Bhāratī thought, “He spoke well. I put on this deerskin only for prestige. I cannot cross over the ocean of nescience simply by wearing a deerskin.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmānanda Bhāratī admitted his mistake and thought that the Lord had spoken well.
- He recognized that he had put on the deerskin only for prestige.
- He understood that simply wearing a deerskin could not carry him across the ocean of nescience, or ignorance.
Try this today
Privately write down one prestige-seeking motive you recognize in yourself, without making excuses for it.
Ask yourself
What choice of mine may be motivated more by prestige than by genuine spiritual need?
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.