Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 12.117
Make Your Labor Fruitful Through Service
“Deliver the oil to the temple of Jagannātha so that it may be burned in the lamps. Thus your labor in preparing the oil will be fruitful.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked that the oil be delivered to the temple of Jagannātha.
- The oil could be burned in the temple lamps instead of being used on His head.
- He explained that this use would make Jagadānanda’s labor in preparing the oil fruitful.
Try this today
Identify one item you prepared or set aside and consider a suitable way to offer it for temple service.
Ask yourself
If my intended offering cannot be accepted, could it serve in another way?
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.