Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.338
Offering Respect to the Lord’s Expansions
“ ‘I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanded as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.’
What the purport teaches
- The prayer offers respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanded as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
- Karabhājana Muni spoke this prayer when Mahārāja Nimi, the King of Videha, asked about incarnations in specific yugas and their methods of worship.
- Karabhājana Muni was one of the nine Yogendras. He met the King to inform him about future incarnations.
Try this today
Read the prayer aloud once, offering respectful obeisances to the Lord and His named expansions.
Ask yourself
What can you learn from Mahārāja Nimi’s desire to understand the Lord’s incarnations and their worship?
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.