Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.312
Devotional Association Awakens Further Meaning
“Now, due to your association, another meaning has awakened. It is due to your devotional service that these waves of meaning are arising.
What the purport teaches
- Another meaning has awakened through the listener’s association. These waves of meaning arise due to the listener’s devotional service.
- ‘Ātmā’ refers to every living entity, from Lord Brahmā down to an insignificant ant. All belong to the Lord’s marginal potency and are kṣetra-jña, knowers of the body.
- When living entities become nirgrantha, or free, saintly persons, they engage in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s service. This is the sixty-first meaning of the verse.
Try this today
Read this verse with someone engaged in devotional service and discuss its conclusion of serving Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How might devotional association help my understanding grow toward 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.