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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 11.181

Serving Through Food and Clean Quarters

“Thus Vāṇīnātha Rāya returned with large quantities of Lord Jagannātha’s food remnants, including cakes and other good eatables. Gopīnātha Ācārya also returned after cleansing all the residential quarters.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 11.181, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Vāṇīnātha Rāya returned with large quantities of Lord Jagannātha’s food remnants.
  • The food included cakes and other good eatables.
  • Gopīnātha Ācārya returned after cleansing all the residential quarters.

Try this today

Clean one area where someone will eat or rest today.

Ask yourself

How can you help prepare a clean, welcoming space for others?

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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