Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.14.37
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Lord Responds to Loving Service
“Simply by administering comforts at the lotus feet of the Lord, which is the most important of all services, the queens at Dvārakā, headed by Satyabhāmā, induced the Lord to conquer the demigods. Thus the queens enjoy things which are prerogatives of the wives of the controller of thunderbolts.”
What the purport teaches
- The queens of Dvārakā accepted a high quality of devotional service: providing all comforts to the Lord. In response, He played the part of a faithful and complete husband.
- Satyabhāmā desired the pārijāta flower for her palace, and Lord Kṛṣṇa brought it from the heavenly planets. He acted like a husband securing something to please his wife.
- The Lord is the proprietor of everything within His creation. Therefore, it is not astonishing that His faithful queens received rare things from anywhere in the universe.
Try this today
Give a few extra minutes of careful attention to one act of devotional service today.
Ask yourself
How can I give more attention to pleasing the Lord through service?
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.