Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.131
Relationship, Service, and Love of Godhead
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Thus one’s relationship with the Lord, activities in devotional service, and the attainment of the highest goal of life, love of Godhead, are the subject matters of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu identifies one’s relationship with the Lord as a subject of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
- Activities in devotional service are another of its central subjects.
- The highest goal of life is love of Godhead. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam teaches the attainment of this goal.
Try this today
Write down the three subjects named here: relationship with the Lord, devotional service, and love of Godhead.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that love of Godhead is the goal shape your understanding of 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.