Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 4.120
Taste in Order to Serve
“If, without my asking, a little sweet rice is given to me, I can then taste it and make a similar preparation to offer my Lord Gopāla.”
What the purport teaches
- Mādhavendra Purī thought of receiving a little sweet rice without asking for it.
- By tasting it, he could learn to make a similar preparation.
- His intended purpose was to offer that preparation to his Lord Gopāla.
Try this today
Choose one preparation you would like to offer, and identify one detail you need to learn.
Ask yourself
How can what I learn about food preparation become useful in making an 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.