Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 17.140
Self-Satisfied Souls Are Drawn to Loving Service
“ ‘Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires are also attracted to the loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose qualities are transcendental and whose activities are wonderful. Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is called Kṛṣṇa because He has such transcendentally attractive features.’
What the purport teaches
- Even those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires are attracted to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s loving service.
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s qualities are transcendental, and His activities are wonderful.
- Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is called Kṛṣṇa because His features are transcendentally attractive.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on “loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”
Ask yourself
How does attraction to loving service differ from attraction to material desires?
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.