Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.11.46
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Boys Give the Calves Water First
“One day all the boys, including Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, each boy taking his own group of calves, brought the calves to a reservoir of water, desiring to allow them to drink. After the animals drank water, the boys drank water there also.”
What the purport teaches
- Each boy took his own group of calves to a reservoir of water. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were among them.
- They brought the calves there because they wanted the animals to drink.
- After the calves drank, the boys also drank water. The animals' needs were attended to first.
Try this today
Make sure an animal or someone in your care has drinking water before taking your own drink.
Ask yourself
Whose needs could you attend to before your own today?
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.