Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.82
Understand the Supreme Lord Through His Mercy
“Gopīnātha Ācārya continued, “One can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead only by His mercy, not by guesswork or hypothesis.””
What the purport teaches
- One can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead only by His mercy, not by guesswork or hypothesis.
- Wonderful displays of mystical power do not establish someone as God or an incarnation. One should learn from a bona fide person or from the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
- Understanding must rest on the evidence of the śāstras and the mahājanas. The Lord’s mercy is necessary to understand Him by devotional service.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking for the Lord’s mercy to understand Him through devotional service.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking reliable evidence and the Lord’s mercy, or being impressed by extraordinary displays?
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.