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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 15.228

Success in Offering Food to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa

“You are most fortunate, and your endeavor is successful, for you have offered such wonderful food to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 15.228, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Offering such wonderful food to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is praised as great good fortune.
  • The endeavor is called successful because the food has been offered to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
  • The praise directs attention to the offering, not simply to the preparation of wonderful food.

Try this today

Today, prepare one simple food item with care and offer it to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.

Ask yourself

How can offering food to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa shape your understanding of a successful effort?

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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