Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.155
Ignorance Covers the Living Entity’s True Position
“ ‘O King, the kṣetra-jña-śakti is the living entity. Although he has the facility to live in either the material or spiritual world, he suffers the threefold miseries of material existence because he is influenced by the avidyā [nescience] potency, which covers his constitutional position.
What the purport teaches
- The kṣetra-jña-śakti is the living entity, who has the facility to live in either the material or spiritual world.
- The avidyā potency, or nescience, covers the living entity’s constitutional position.
- Under this influence, the living entity suffers the threefold miseries of material existence.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly and note the difference between the living entity’s constitutional position and the covering of nescience.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching help you distinguish your constitutional position from your present suffering?
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.