Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.13.21
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa Personally Enters Each Home
“O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Kṛṣṇa, who had divided Himself as different calves and also as different cowherd boys, entered different cow sheds as the calves and then different homes as different boys.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself as the different calves and cowherd boys. As each calf, He entered its respective shed.
- Kṛṣṇa had many friends, among whom Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and Subala were prominent. He Himself became each of these friends.
- As the different boys, Kṛṣṇa entered their respective homes. He personally took each boy’s place.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly once, pausing to remember that Kṛṣṇa Himself entered every one of these homes.
Ask yourself
What strikes me about Kṛṣṇa personally becoming each boy and entering each home?
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.