Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.18.8
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyDevotional Service Protects Against Kali
“Mahārāja Parīkṣit considered that less intelligent men might find the personality of Kali to be very powerful, but that those who are self-controlled would have nothing to fear. The King was powerful like a tiger and took care for the foolish, careless persons.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Parīkṣit understood that self-controlled people had nothing to fear from Kali. Like a powerful tiger, he protected those who were careless.
- The purport connects true intelligence with becoming a devotee of the Lord. Without devotion, people fall prey to Kali’s actions.
- A saner society requires the approach adopted by Mahārāja Parīkṣit: making devotional service to the Lord available to ordinary people.
Try this today
Share this verse’s teaching about devotional service with one willing person.
Ask yourself
How can you help make devotional service more accessible to someone?
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.