Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 5.62
Notice How Poverty Frames the Appeal
“All of you assembled here are gentlemen. Please judge whether it is befitting to offer this poor brāhmaṇa my father’s daughter.”
What the purport teaches
- The son addresses those assembled as gentlemen.
- He asks them to judge whether offering his father’s daughter to the brāhmaṇa is befitting.
- In making this appeal, he describes the brāhmaṇa as poor.
Try this today
Today, notice whether someone’s financial position is shaping your judgment of them.
Ask yourself
How much does someone’s poverty influence my judgment of that person?
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.