Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 9.266
Follow Discipline Until Devotional Taste Awakens
“ ‘As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.’
What the purport teaches
- One must follow the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions while not yet satiated by fruitive activity and without an awakened taste for devotional service.
- Taste for devotional service awakens through śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, hearing and chanting about the Lord.
- The instruction connects one’s spiritual condition with the need to continue following prescribed regulative principles.
Try this today
Make a little time today for hearing and chanting about the Lord.
Ask yourself
How honestly do I recognize my present taste for devotional service?
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.