Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.1
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesOffer Humble Prayers to Kṛṣṇa
“Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, You are the only worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You. O son of the king of the cowherds, Your transcendental body is dark blue like a new cloud, Your garment is brilliant like lightning, and the beauty of Your face is enhanced by Your guñjā earrings and the peacock feather on Your head. Wearing garlands of various forest flowers and leaves, and equipped with a herding stick, a buffalo horn and a flute, You stand beautifully with a morsel of food in Your hand.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā tried to bewilder Lord Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa’s mystic potency bewildered Brahmā himself. He now offers prayers with great humility and devotion.
- Kṛṣṇa stands beautifully as a young cowherd boy, holding a morsel of rice mixed with yogurt. His forest ornaments and simple cowherding equipment accompany opulences greater than those of Vaikuṇṭha.
- Although Brahmā had seen innumerable four-armed forms of the Lord, he surrendered to the two-armed form of Kṛṣṇa. He worships this son of Nanda Mahārāja as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Read the description of Kṛṣṇa’s form slowly, then offer one humble prayer just to please Him.
Ask yourself
How can Brahmā’s humility guide the way you approach Kṛṣṇa?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.