Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.1.56
Visarga· Brahmā's creationWorshiping Kṛṣṇa Includes Everyone
“Each year thereafter, in due course of time, Devakī, the mother of God and all the demigods, gave birth to a child. Thus she bore eight sons, one after another, and a daughter named Subhadrā.”
What the purport teaches
- By the spiritual master’s grace, one can understand God and the demigods. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is their original source.
- The Lord’s svāṁśa expansions are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, while the vibhinnāṁśa are living beings who are His parts and parcels.
- By accepting Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and worshiping Him, one automatically worships all His parts and expansions. Because Devakī gave birth to Kṛṣṇa, she is described as sarva-devatā.
Try this today
Spend a quiet minute offering your worship to Kṛṣṇa, remembering Him as the source of all.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that worship of Kṛṣṇa includes all His parts help me concentrate on Him?
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.