Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.287
Associates and Practitioners in Devotional Service
“Both the ātmārāmas engaged in regulative devotional service and those engaged in spontaneous devotional service are further categorized into four groups. There are the eternal associates, the associates who have become perfect by devotional service, and those who are practicing devotional service and are called sādhakas, of whom there are two varieties.
What the purport teaches
- Both regulative and spontaneous ātmārāmas are further divided into four groups.
- These groups include eternal associates and associates who have become perfect by devotional service.
- Those still practicing devotional service are called sādhakas. They have two varieties, completing the four groups.
Try this today
Write a short definition of sādhaka: “One who is practicing devotional service.”
Ask yourself
What encouragement do you find in the mention of associates who became perfect by devotional service?
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.