Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.160
Freedom Awakens Loving Devotional Service
“The spiritual potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead also appears in three phases — internal, marginal and external. These are all engaged in His devotional service in love.
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s potency appears as internal or spiritual potency, marginal potency consisting of living entities, and external potency known as māyā-śakti. The original potencies of pleasure, eternity and knowledge remain intact in all three phases.
- The external potency, māyā, covers one’s spiritual identity. When spiritual pleasure and knowledge are bestowed upon conditioned souls, they can escape its clutches.
- When freed, the living entity awakens to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and engages in devotional service with love and affection.
Try this today
Before one act of devotional service today, pause and renew your intention to serve with love and affection.
Ask yourself
How does this verse connect freedom from māyā with loving service rather than merely escape?
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.