Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 9.129
Loving Kṛṣṇa as Son and Friend
“There someone may accept Him as a son and sometimes bind Him to a grinding mortar. Someone else may accept Him as an intimate friend and, attaining victory over Him, playfully mount His shoulders.
What the purport teaches
- Someone there accepts Kṛṣṇa as a son and sometimes binds Him to a grinding mortar.
- Someone else accepts Him as an intimate friend.
- After gaining victory over Him, a friend may playfully mount His shoulders.
Try this today
Choose one of the two relationships described and write a sentence about the closeness it expresses.
Ask yourself
What do these descriptions show me about intimacy in relationships with Kṛṣṇa?
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.