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Share Devotional Service Without Restriction

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Nityānanda Prabhu, “Go to Bengal and, without restriction, manifest devotional service to the Lord, Kṛṣṇa consciousness.””

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 15.42, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Nityānanda Prabhu to go to Bengal.
  • He asked Nityānanda Prabhu to manifest devotional service to the Lord, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without restriction.
  • The purport explains that this order was to deliver all the Bengalis to devotional service.

Try this today

Offer someone a warm invitation to join you in a devotional activity.

Ask yourself

How can I make an invitation to devotional service more welcoming?

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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