Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 22.131
The five best limbsHear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
“ ‘One should taste the meaning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the association of pure devotees, and one should associate with the devotees who are more advanced than oneself and who are endowed with a similar type of affection for the Lord.
What the purport teaches
- One should taste the meaning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the association of pure devotees. Seek devotees who are more advanced and have a similar affection for the Lord.
- One should not hear from professional reciters who lack disciplic succession or a taste for bhakti-yoga. Grammatical knowledge and word jugglery alone do not reveal its meaning.
- One should understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam through devotional service and hearing a pure devotee. The reciter should have unflinching faith in Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master.
Try this today
Taste its meaning in the association of pure devotees. Hear or read one Bhāgavatam verse today with someone who loves it more than you do.
Ask yourself
Am I hearing the Bhāgavatam, or collecting information about it?
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.