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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 2.30

Without Kṛṣṇa, Everything Feels Useless

“My dear friends, please hear Me. I have lost all providential strength. Without Kṛṣṇa, My body, consciousness and mind, as well as all My senses, are useless.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 2.30, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The speaker asks dear friends to listen.
  • The speaker feels that all providential strength has been lost.
  • Without Kṛṣṇa, body, consciousness, mind and all the senses are experienced as useless.

Try this today

Read the verse aloud once, giving attention to each faculty named: body, consciousness, mind and senses.

Ask yourself

What does this lament reveal about the speaker’s dependence on 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.

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