Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.155
Love Means Desiring to Please Kṛṣṇa
“The creeper greatly expands in the Goloka Vṛndāvana planet, and there it produces the fruit of love for Kṛṣṇa. Although remaining in the material world, the gardener regularly sprinkles the creeper with the water of hearing and chanting.
What the purport teaches
- The fruit of the devotional creeper is the pure desire to serve and please the senses of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- In Goloka Vṛndāvana, devotees serve the Lord in intimate relationships and great ecstatic love. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally exhibited such love in His teachings.
- Although seen in the material world, a pure devotee always engages in the Lord’s confidential service. These activities cannot be understood even by a learned material scholar.
Try this today
During a short period of hearing and chanting today, consciously cultivate the desire to please Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
In my devotional service, am I thinking of pleasing Kṛṣṇa’s senses or my own?
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.