Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.11.20
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesUse Creative Skills for Spiritual Enlightenment
“Expert dramatists, artists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists and learned speakers all gave their respective contributions, being inspired by the superhuman pastimes of the Lord. Thus they proceeded on and on.”
What the purport teaches
- Dramatists, dancers, singers, historians and speakers contributed their skills, inspired by the Lord's superhuman pastimes. Their subject was the Lord's activities rather than ordinary events.
- The purport describes the Purāṇas as historical facts related to the Supreme Lord across different ages, times and planets. Their accounts are not arranged in chronological order.
- Performances about the Supreme Lord brought knowledge of Vedic literature even to people without academic qualifications. Skilled artists and speakers thus serve the spiritual enlightenment of ordinary people.
Try this today
Write or speak two simple sentences about the Lord's welcome described here, and share them with someone.
Ask yourself
How could one of my abilities help make the Lord's activities accessible to others?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.