Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 12.15
Joyful Service Includes Practical Responsibilities
“Śivānanda Sena managed the payment of tolls at different places. Maintaining everyone, he guided all the devotees in great happiness.”
What the purport teaches
- Śivānanda Sena managed the payment of tolls, maintained everyone and guided the devotees in great happiness.
- Ghāṭī refers to the toll booths where zamindars collected taxes in each state. These taxes were generally used to maintain the roads under their care.
- The devotees traveling from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī had to pass through many toll booths. Śivānanda Sena was responsible for paying the tolls.
Try this today
Offer to handle one small travel expense or planning task for a devotional outing.
Ask yourself
What practical responsibility could you take on to ease others’ participation in devotional activities?
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.