Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 15.54-55
Śacī Offers Food to Śālagrāma Viṣṇu
“One day My mother, Śacī, offered food to Śālagrāma Viṣṇu. She offered rice cooked from śāli paddies, various kinds of vegetables, spinach, curry made of banana flowers, fried paṭola with nimba leaves, pieces of ginger with lemon, and also yogurt, milk, sugar candy and many other foods.
What the purport teaches
- One day His mother, Śacī, offered food to Śālagrāma Viṣṇu.
- Her offering included rice cooked from śāli paddies, vegetables, spinach, banana-flower curry, and fried paṭola with nimba leaves.
- She also offered ginger with lemon, yogurt, milk, sugar candy, and many other foods.
Try this today
Read through the foods in the offering slowly, noticing the care expressed in its variety.
Ask yourself
What do you notice about the variety of foods in Śacī’s offering?
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.