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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.17

Ask for Help Submissively

“After reaching Pātaḍā, he met a landholder and submissively requested him to get him across that hilly tract of land.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.17, translation

What the purport teaches

  • After reaching Pātaḍā, Sanātana met a landholder.
  • He requested the landholder’s help in crossing the hilly tract of land.
  • He made his request submissively.

Try this today

Make one respectful request for help with something you cannot easily do alone.

Ask yourself

Can I ask for needed help with humility rather than making demands?

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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