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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 13.73

Offering respects and gifts on another’s behalf

“Jagadānanda Paṇḍita offered obeisances to the Lord on behalf of Sanātana Gosvāmī. Then he gave the Lord the dust from the site of the rāsa dance, along with the other gifts.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 13.73, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Jagadānanda Paṇḍita offered obeisances to the Lord on behalf of Sanātana Gosvāmī.
  • He gave the Lord dust from the site of the rāsa dance.
  • He also delivered the other gifts, which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received.

Try this today

Help convey one person’s respectful greeting to another today.

Ask yourself

How can I thoughtfully convey someone else’s respects or offering?

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.

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