Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.1.11
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa’s Humanlike Form Is Spiritual
“Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, yet He appears as a human being. For how many years did He live with the descendants of Vṛṣṇi? How many wives did He marry, and for how many years did He live in Dvārakā?”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, although He appears as a human being.
- His form is described as sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, a spiritual, blissful body. His bodily feature is narākṛti, exactly like that of a human being.
- Kṛṣṇa is never nirākāra, or formless. His humanlike appearance does not make His body material.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly and recall this distinction: Kṛṣṇa’s form is humanlike, but not material.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa’s form is spiritual change your understanding of His humanlike appearance?
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.