Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.42
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa Forgives and Resumes His Pastimes
“After granting His son Brahmā permission to leave, the Supreme Personality of Godhead took the calves, who were still where they had been a year earlier, and brought them to the riverbank, where He had been taking His meal and where His cowherd boyfriends remained just as before.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa forgives Brahmā’s offense and treats him affectionately as His own son. He then returns to the original calves and cowherd boys.
- By the Lord’s omnipotent illusory energy, the boys and calves had remained unnoticed for a full year. They neither noticed the passing time nor felt hunger, cold or thirst.
- Nothing is invisible to the Supreme Lord; His search was part of the pastime that bewildered Brahmā. After accepting Brahmā’s prayers, Kṛṣṇa continues His role as a young cowherd boy, eager to rejoin His friends.
Try this today
Offer a brief, honest prayer asking Kṛṣṇa’s forgiveness for one way you have failed to serve Him.
Ask yourself
How does Kṛṣṇa’s affectionate forgiveness of Brahmā encourage me to approach Him?
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.