Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.302
Pious Activity Mixed With Devotional Service
“Because of his past pious activities mixed with devotional service, the first-class living entity is influenced by the mode of passion within his mind.
What the purport teaches
- The verse describes a first-class living entity with past pious activities.
- Those pious activities were mixed with devotional service.
- Because of this past activity, the living entity is influenced by the mode of passion within his mind.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note its three connected elements: past pious activities, devotional service and the influence of passion.
Ask yourself
What do you notice about the presence of passion in the mind of the first-class living entity described here?
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.