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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.234

The Lord’s Remnants Prepare the Mind

“Today your mind has become fit to take shelter of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa because, surpassing the Vedic regulative principles, you have eaten the remnants of food offered to the Lord.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 6.234, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Lord declared that His hearer’s mind had become fit to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
  • He connected this readiness with eating the remnants of food offered to the Lord.
  • In accepting those remnants, His hearer had surpassed the Vedic regulative principles.

Try this today

Reread the verse and write one sentence explaining why the Lord said the mind had become fit to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa.

Ask yourself

How does this verse connect accepting the Lord’s remnants with readiness to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa?

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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