Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 22.18
Devotion Awakens Dormant Love for Kṛṣṇa
“Without devotional service, all other methods for spiritual self-realization are weak and insignificant. Unless one comes to the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, jñāna and yoga cannot give the desired results.
What the purport teaches
- The Vedic scriptures sometimes stress fruitive activity, speculative knowledge and mystic yoga. These processes cannot attain the desired results without devotional service.
- Without devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, jñāna and yoga are weak and insignificant.
- The real desired result is to invoke dormant love for Kṛṣṇa. This is the purpose of kṛṣṇa-bhakti.
Try this today
Before one spiritual activity today, pause and make awakening love for Kṛṣṇa your purpose.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking to awaken love for Kṛṣṇa through my spiritual efforts?
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.