Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 8.62
Service Beyond Occupational Duties
“Rāmānanda Rāya continued, “ ‘Occupational duties are described in the religious scriptures. If one analyzes them, he can fully understand their qualities and faults and then give them up completely to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a person is considered a first-class man.’”
What the purport teaches
- Occupational duties are described in the religious scriptures.
- By analyzing these duties, one can understand their qualities and faults.
- One who gives them up completely to render service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is considered a first-class man.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note the purpose given for leaving occupational duties: service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
Do I understand that the giving up described here is specifically for rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
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.