Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.273
Taste the Honey of Devotional Service
“Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is exactly like a pleasing, jubilant forest of lotus flowers wherein there is ample honey. I request everyone to taste this honey. If all the mental speculators bring the bees of their minds into this forest of lotus flowers and jubilantly enjoy ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa day and night, their mental speculation will be completely transcendentally satisfied.”
What the purport teaches
- Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is compared to a pleasing, jubilant forest of lotus flowers filled with honey.
- Everyone is invited to taste this honey. Even mental speculators are asked to bring the bees of their minds into this forest.
- By enjoying ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa day and night, their mental speculation becomes completely satisfied on the transcendental level.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes today to serve Kṛṣṇa, keeping your mind on the invitation to taste the sweetness of devotion.
Ask yourself
How does the image of tasting honey invite you beyond thinking alone into 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.