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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 6.304

Offer with Faith and Love

“Offer the Govardhana stone eight kauḍis worth of the first-class sweetmeats known as khājā and sandeśa. If you offer them with faith and love, they will be just like nectar.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 6.304, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Svarūpa Dāmodara instructed Raghunātha dāsa to offer the Govardhana stone eight kauḍis worth of sweetmeats.
  • He specified first-class khājā and sandeśa.
  • He said that when offered with faith and love, these sweetmeats would be just like nectar.

Try this today

Before making an offering today, pause briefly to bring your attention to offering it with faith and love.

Ask yourself

How can you give more attention to faith and love in what you offer?

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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