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28. His Daily Schedule

LALITA Prasad Thakura, in his notes on his father's life, describes the Thakura's daily

schedule hile he as stayin! in "a!annatha Puri. He as ne#er idle, bein! alaysen!a!ed in the ser#ice of the Lord. $eteen %&( and 8&(( P.). he ould !o to bed. He

ould then rise *ust before +(&(( P.)., li!ht his oil la- and rite books until &(( A.).

Then he ould a!ain rest for a a/iu of half an hour. At &( A.). he ould ashhis hands and face, sit don and chant on his beads. He ne#er shoed his beads to

anyone but ould chant on the constantly as tie -eritted. At %&(( A.). he ansered

all corres-ondence, at %&( A.). read #arious reli!ious and -hiloso-hical orks, and at8&( A.). he recei#ed #isitors, if any, or else continued to read until 0&(. At that tie he

ould alk back and forth on the #eranda of his house, conte-latin! different reli!ious

1uestions and sol#in! the in his ind. Soeties he ould sol#e the aloud as if 

 -reachin! to soe unseen !uest. He ould rest briefly fro 0&( A.). to 0& A.)., thentake bath and breakfast, hich usually consisted of a half31uart of ilk, to cha-atis and

soe fruit.

At 0& A.). the Thakura ould don his unifor and lea#e for court in his carria!e. As a

)a!istrate he ore a coat and -ants. 4n his neck ere si/ strands of lar!e Tulasi beads.He as resolute in his court decisions and ould decide a case iediately, not

toleratin! any hubu!. He did his business and left. He sha#ed his head onthly andne#er cared hat anyone thou!ht of it.

The layers and 5n!lishen ere astounded by the Thakura's ca-acity for ork. At

+(&(( A.). court be!an. He ould hear beteen thirty and fifty cases -er day, yet hefinished by +&(( P.). 6hat took other )a!istrates one3half hour, he finished in fi#e

inutes. He took another to inutes to rite the *ud!ent in detail. Soe of his $ritish

su-eriors becae en#ious and tried to discoura!e hi, but he as not affected. At +&((

P.). he ent hoe, refreshed hiself and then returned to ork fro 2&(( P.). to &((P.). 5#ery e#enin! after his court duties, $hakti#inoda Thakura ould translate soe

Sanskrit reli!ious ork into $en!ali by dictatin! it to a secretary. Then there as ane#enin! bath and eal, consistin! of a little rice, to cha-atis and another half31uart of ilk.

Srila $hakti#inoda Thakura orked ith a -ocket atch, so that e#erythin! he did as

on schedule. Des-ite his hea#y doestic and official res-onsibilities, $hakti#inodaThakura's e#ery oent as ebellished ith an intense desire to render ser#ice to the

Lord.