Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.94
Four Kinds of Pious People Serve
“ ‘O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me — the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.’
What the purport teaches
- Four kinds of pious people render devotional service: the distressed, those desiring wealth, the inquisitive, and those seeking knowledge of the Absolute.
- The word sukṛtinaḥ is important: su means “auspicious,” and kṛtī means “meritorious” or “regulated.”
- The purport stresses following the regulative principles of religious life. It describes religious life as following the principles of varṇa and āśrama.
Try this today
Choose one regulative principle of religious life that you already follow, and observe it carefully today.
Ask yourself
Which of these four motives has helped draw you toward 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.