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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 15.43

Accept Help in Service

“Nityānanda Prabhu was given assistants like Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several others. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I give them to You to assist You.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 15.43, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Nityānanda Prabhu was given assistants.
  • Rāmadāsa and Gadādhara dāsa were among them, along with several others.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explicitly said that He was giving them to Nityānanda Prabhu to assist Him.

Try this today

Offer to help someone with one small task in their devotional service.

Ask yourself

How willing am I to assist someone else in their service?

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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