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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.1

Mercy Enables One to Spread Devotional Service

“Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who has unlimited, wonderful opulences. By His mercy, even a person born as the lowest of men can spread the science of devotional service.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.1, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Respectful obeisances are offered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has unlimited, wonderful opulences.
  • By His mercy, even a person born as the lowest of men can spread the science of devotional service.

Try this today

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and ask for His mercy to understand devotional service.

Ask yourself

How does this verse encourage you to depend on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy rather than your background?

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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