Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 10.135-136
Care Expressed Through Varied Offerings
“They offered pungent preparations made with black pepper, sweet-and-sour preparations, ginger, salty preparations, limes, milk, yogurt, sugar candy, two or four kinds of spinach, soup made with bitter melon, eggplant mixed with nimba leaves, and fried paṭola.”
What the purport teaches
- The devotees offered many preparations, including pungent, sweet-and-sour and salty foods.
- Their offerings included milk, yogurt, sugar candy and several kinds of spinach.
- Bitter melon soup, eggplant with nimba leaves and fried paṭola were also offered. The surrounding description shows their care in preparing food according to the Lord’s taste.
Try this today
Take extra care with one ingredient while preparing food today.
Ask yourself
How can attention to small details make your service more thoughtful?
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.