Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 8.276
Seeing Everything as Potentially Serving Kṛṣṇa
“ ‘The plants, creepers and trees were full of fruits and flowers due to ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, being so full, they were bowing down. They were inspired by such deep love for Kṛṣṇa that they were constantly pouring showers of honey. In this way the gopīs saw all the forests of Vṛndāvana.’”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs saw the forests of Vṛndāvana full of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Plants, creepers and trees bowed with fruits and flowers and poured showers of honey.
- This song was sung during Kṛṣṇa’s absence, when the gopīs were always absorbed in thought of Him.
- Similarly, the mahā-bhāgavata, the advanced devotee, sees everything as potentially serving the Lord.
Try this today
Choose one thing available to you today and identify a concrete way it could serve the Lord.
Ask yourself
What around you could be used in service to the Lord?
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.