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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 24]
supplies everyone with eatables, why should He not supply His devotee? Sometimes a devotee will not even bother to construct a cottage. He will simply go to live in a mountain cave. One may live in a cave, in a cottage beside a river, in a palace or in a big city like New York or London. In any case, a devotee can follow the instructions of his spiritual master and engage in devotional service by watering the  tulasī  plant and chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra . Taking the advice of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and our spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, one can go to any part of the world and instruct people to become devotees of the Lord by following the regulative principles, worshiping the  tulasī  plant and continuously chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra .
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আমি তোমায় বহু অন্ন পাঠাইমু দিনে । সেই অন্ন লবে, যত খাও তুইজনে ॥ ২৬২ ॥
āmi tomāya bahu anna pāṭhāimu dine sei anna labe, yata khāo dui-jane''
SYNONYMS
āmi—l; tomāya—for you; bahu—much; anna—food; pāṭhāimu—shall send; dine—every day; sei—that; anna—food; labe—you shall take; yata—whatever; khāo—you can eat; dui-jane—both of you.
TRANSLATION
“Nārada Muni continued, ‘I shall send sufficient food to you both every day. You can take as much food as you want.’
PURPORT
When a person takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no need to care for material necessities. Kṛṣṇa says that He personally carries all the necessities to His devotees.
ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham
“Those who worship Me with love and devotion, meditating on My transcendental form—to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.” (Bg. 9.22) Why should one be anxious about the necessities of life? The principle should be