Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.223
Friendship Includes an Exchange of Service
“On the sakhya-rasa platform, the devotee sometimes offers the Lord service and sometimes makes Kṛṣṇa serve him in exchange. In their mock fighting, the cowherd boys would sometimes climb on Kṛṣṇa’s shoulders, and sometimes they would make Kṛṣṇa climb on their shoulders.
What the purport teaches
- On the sakhya-rasa platform, the devotee sometimes offers service to the Lord.
- Sometimes the devotee makes Kṛṣṇa serve him in exchange.
- In mock fighting, the cowherd boys sometimes climbed on Kṛṣṇa’s shoulders and sometimes made Him climb on theirs.
Try this today
Spend a minute reflecting on the two ways the cowherd boys and Kṛṣṇa carried one another.
Ask yourself
What does this exchange of service reveal to you about friendship with 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.