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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 4.40

Love Accepted, Deliverance Promised

“I have accepted your service due to your ecstatic love for Me. Thus I shall appear, and by My audience all fallen souls will be delivered.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 4.40, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The boy said He had accepted Mādhavendra Purī’s service because of his ecstatic love for Him.
  • He declared that He would appear.
  • He promised that by His audience all fallen souls would be delivered.

Try this today

Before one act of devotional service today, pause and reflect on offering it with love.

Ask yourself

How does the acceptance of service because of love shape your understanding of devotion?

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.

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