Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.43
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesA Year Seemed Half a Moment
“O King, although the boys had passed an entire year apart from the Lord of their very lives, they had been covered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency and thus considered that year merely half a moment.”
What the purport teaches
- The cowherd boys had passed an entire year apart from Kṛṣṇa.
- Covered by Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency, they considered that year merely half a moment.
- Kṛṣṇa is described as the Lord of their very lives. Their relationship with Him remains central to this account of separation.
Try this today
Pause for one quiet minute to remember Kṛṣṇa as the Lord of the cowherd boys’ lives.
Ask yourself
What does the phrase “the Lord of their very lives” invite me to reflect on?
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.