Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 9.143
Pay What Is Due First
“First you should pay the revenue due the King, and then you may spend the balance for religious and fruitive activities.
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructs that the revenue due the King must be paid first.
- Only after that payment may the balance be spent for religious and fruitive activities. Such spending must come from what remains, not from the King’s share.
- This instruction gives a clear order for handling money: fulfill the obligation before choosing other uses.
Try this today
Before making an optional purchase today, set aside the money needed for an existing financial obligation.
Ask yourself
Am I treating money owed to others as available for my own plans?
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.