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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 15.213

Variety in the Vegetable Preparations

“Other preparations included eggplant mixed with newly grown nimba leaves fried together, light baḍī, fried paṭola and fried rounds of squash and pumpkin.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 15.213, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Eggplant was mixed with newly grown nimba leaves and fried together.
  • The preparations included light baḍī and fried paṭola.
  • There were also fried rounds of squash and pumpkin.

Try this today

Write down the vegetables named in this verse and note how they were prepared.

Ask yourself

Which detail helps you picture these vegetable preparations most clearly?

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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