Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 15.163
Universal Love Gives Everything for Others
“My dear Lord, let me suffer perpetually in a hellish condition, accepting all the sinful reactions of all living entities. Please finish their diseased material life.”
What the purport teaches
- Vāsudeva Datta asks to accept the sinful reactions of all living entities, even if he must suffer perpetually in a hellish condition.
- A Vaiṣṇava is so liberal that he is prepared to risk everything to rescue conditioned souls from material existence.
- Śrīla Vāsudeva Datta Ṭhākura is described as universal love itself. He was willing to sacrifice everything and fully engage in the service of the Supreme Lord.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer asking the Lord to free all living entities from diseased material life.
Ask yourself
How can Vāsudeva Datta’s concern for everyone broaden my concern for others?
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.