Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.12.41
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesAsk Carefully About Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes
“Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired: O great sage, how could things done in the past have been described as being done at the present? Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa performed this pastime of killing Aghāsura during His kaumāra age. How then, during His paugaṇḍa age, could the boys have described this incident as having happened recently?”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked how an event from the past could be described as happening in the present.
- Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa killed Aghāsura during His kaumāra age.
- The boys described the incident during His paugaṇḍa age as though it had happened recently. Parīkṣit wanted to understand this difference in timing.
Try this today
Write Parīkṣit’s question about the timing in your own words, without guessing the answer.
Ask yourself
What detail in this account would I like to understand more clearly?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
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