Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.372
Empowerment for Service, Rule, and Protection
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service in Lord Śeṣa, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pṛthu. Lord Paraśurāma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service in Lord Śeṣa.
- He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pṛthu. The purport explains that the Lord sometimes empowers such a king to kill rogues and miscreants.
- Lord Paraśurāma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants. The Lord also invests His power in incarnations like Paraśurāma.
Try this today
Reread the verse and identify the power received by each of the three persons named.
Ask yourself
How does this verse help you see the Lord as the source of these different powers?
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.