Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.145
Human Beings Form a Small Division
“Although the living entities known as human beings are very small in quantity, that division may be still further subdivided, for there are many uncultured human beings like mlecchas, pulindas, bauddhas and śabaras.
What the purport teaches
- Human beings are a very small portion of all living entities.
- The human division can be subdivided further.
- The translation includes mlecchas, pulindas, bauddhas and śabaras among those it describes as uncultured human beings.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note its two levels of division: human beings among living entities, and subdivisions among humans.
Ask yourself
How does this description affect your sense of humanity’s place among living entities?
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.