Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.186
Kṛṣṇa Attracts Even the Self-Satisfied
“ ‘Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires are also attracted to the loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose qualities are transcendental and whose activities are wonderful. Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is called Kṛṣṇa because He has such transcendentally attractive features.’”
What the purport teaches
- Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires are nevertheless attracted to loving service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s qualities are transcendental, and His activities are wonderful.
- Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is called Kṛṣṇa because of His transcendentally attractive features. The purport identifies this as the famous ātmārāma verse.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly once more, focusing on Kṛṣṇa’s qualities and the loving service they attract.
Ask yourself
How does attraction to Kṛṣṇa’s loving service differ from attraction to external material desires?
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.