Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 9.126
Understanding Kṛṣṇa Through Service and His Favor
“You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa Himself. You know the purport of Your activities, and the person whom You enlighten can also understand Your pastimes.”
What the purport teaches
- Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa addressed the Lord as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa Himself. The Lord knows the meaning of His activities and can enlighten others about His pastimes.
- Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes cannot be understood by blunt material senses. The senses must be purified through transcendental loving service unto Him.
- When the Lord is pleased and reveals Himself, one can understand His transcendental name, form, qualities and pastimes.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking the Lord to help you serve Him with love and understand Him by His favor.
Ask yourself
Am I approaching understanding only through my own abilities, or also through loving service and the Lord’s favor?
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.