Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.13.43
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesBrahmā’s Reasoning Could Not Resolve His Bewilderment
“Thus Lord Brahmā, thinking and thinking for a long time, tried to distinguish between those two sets of boys, who were each separately existing. He tried to understand who was real and who was not real, but he couldn’t understand at all.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā saw two separately existing sets of calves and boys. One set was sleeping, while the other played with Kṛṣṇa.
- He considered many explanations, wondering which set Kṛṣṇa had created and whether He was moving them between the two places.
- Although Brahmā thought about the matter for a long time, he could reach no definite conclusion. He could not understand how both sets were exactly alike.
Try this today
Note one thing in this passage that puzzles you, and acknowledge that Brahmā also could not resolve it by prolonged thinking.
Ask yourself
How do you respond when careful thinking still leaves you unable to understand Kṛṣṇa’s actions?
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.