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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.164

Devotion Reveals the Lord’s Perfect Form

“Only by devotional activity can one understand the transcendental form of the Lord, which is perfect in all respects. Although His form is one, He can expand His form into unlimited numbers by His supreme will.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.164, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Only by devotional activity can one understand the Lord’s transcendental form.
  • His transcendental form is perfect in all respects.
  • Although His form is one, He can expand it into unlimited numbers by His supreme will.

Try this today

Offer a brief, sincere prayer to the Lord today, remembering that understanding His form comes through devotion.

Ask yourself

How can you make devotional activity part of your effort to understand the Lord?

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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