Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.41
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesAttend Faithfully to Your Devotional Service
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus offered his prayers, Brahmā circumambulated his worshipable Lord, the unlimited Personality of Godhead, three times and then bowed down at His lotus feet. The appointed creator of the universe then returned to his own residence.”
What the purport teaches
- After offering prayers, Brahmā circles his worshipable Lord three times and bows at His lotus feet. He then returns to his own residence.
- Although Brahmā desired birth as a blade of grass in or near Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa’s silence indicated that he should return home. He first had to complete his devotional service of universal creation.
- A devotee should always attend carefully to personal devotional service. Executing that service properly is more important than trying to live in the Lord’s abode.
Try this today
Choose one small act of devotional service and complete it attentively today.
Ask yourself
What service already before me needs more careful attention?
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.