Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.101
Ask for Mercy to Understand Your Duty
“Out of Your causeless mercy, You have delivered me from the materialistic path. Now, by the same causeless mercy, please tell me what my duty is.
What the purport teaches
- The speaker credits his deliverance from the materialistic path to causeless mercy.
- Having been delivered, he now asks to understand his duty.
- He seeks this guidance through the same causeless mercy, rather than claiming to know the way himself.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking for mercy to understand your duty.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to ask what my duty is rather than assume I already know?
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.