Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.222
Friendship Adds Confidence to Service
“The qualities of śānta-rasa and the service of dāsya-rasa are both present on the platform of sakhya-rasa. On the platform of fraternity, the qualities of dāsya-rasa are mixed with the confidence of fraternity instead of awe and veneration.
What the purport teaches
- Sakhya-rasa includes the qualities of śānta-rasa.
- The service of dāsya-rasa is also present on this platform of fraternity, or friendship.
- In sakhya-rasa, service is mixed with the confidence of friendship instead of awe and veneration.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly, noticing how confidence replaces awe and veneration.
Ask yourself
How does the confidence of friendship change the character of service described here?
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.