Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 11.49
Mercy and Spiritual Inquiry Give Life Purpose
“If I do not receive Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy, my body and my kingdom are certainly useless.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Pratāparudra considered his body and kingdom useless without Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.
- The purport calls this an excellent example of dṛḍha-vrata, determination. Without the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s mercy, one’s life is defeated.
- Unless one inquires into spiritual life, everything is useless. Without spiritual inquiry, both our labor and its object are a waste of time.
Try this today
Write down one sincere question about spiritual life and spend five minutes considering it.
Ask yourself
What place does spiritual inquiry have among the things you work for each day?
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.