Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.165
Pure Love Moves the Supreme Controller
“ ‘As long as there is not the slightest fragrance of pure love of Kṛṣṇa, which is the perfect medicinal herb for controlling Lord Kṛṣṇa within the heart, the opulences of the material perfections known as the siddhis, the brahminical perfections [satya, śama, titikṣā and so on], the trance of the yogīs and the monistic bliss of Brahman all seem wonderful for men.’
What the purport teaches
- Material perfections, brahminical qualifications, yogic trance and merging into the Supreme seem wonderful only as long as one has not taken to devotional service.
- Devotional service is so great that it can control Kṛṣṇa, the supreme controller of all universal affairs.
- The inhabitants of Goloka Vṛndāvana serve in neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parental affection and conjugal love. These five principal mellows please the Lord so much that He is controlled by His devotees.
Try this today
Before serving Kṛṣṇa today, pause and make pleasing Him your aim rather than gaining an impressive perfection.
Ask yourself
Am I more attracted to impressive perfections or to pure love of Kṛṣṇa?
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.