Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.146
Personal Assistance Supports Spiritual Service
“As a bona fide devotee, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, the twenty-third principal associate, acted as the brahmacārī of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He toured Mathurā.”
What the purport teaches
- Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was a bona fide devotee who served as the personal assistant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during His tour of Mathurā and Vṛndāvana.
- A brahmacārī serves as a personal assistant of a sannyāsī. A sannyāsī is supposed to be a spiritual master, and a brahmacārī his disciple.
- A sannyāsī is not supposed to cook and generally takes prasādam at a gṛhastha's house. A brahmacārī helps with these arrangements.
Try this today
Offer one small act of help with arranging or serving prasādam today.
Ask yourself
How can practical assistance support someone else's spiritual 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.