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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 6.53

Gathering What Service Requires

“Raghunātha dāsa brought chipped rice, yogurt, milk, sweetmeats, sugar, bananas and other eatables and placed them all around.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 6.53, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Raghunātha dāsa brought chipped rice, yogurt and milk for the festival.
  • He also brought sweetmeats, sugar, bananas and other eatables.
  • He placed all the food around, making concrete arrangements to fulfill Lord Nityānanda’s request.

Try this today

Gather and arrange the ingredients or supplies needed for one act of service today.

Ask yourself

How can gathering what is needed become part of your service?

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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