Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.55
Āśraya· The supreme shelterRedirect Your Attraction to Kṛṣṇa
“You should know Kṛṣṇa to be the original Soul of all living entities. For the benefit of the whole universe, He has, out of His causeless mercy, appeared as an ordinary human being. He has done this by the strength of His internal potency.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the original Soul of all living entities. Out of causeless mercy, He appears like an ordinary human being through His internal potency for the universe’s benefit.
- The soul is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore Kṛṣṇa is very dear to every living entity. Forgetting this relationship, the soul mistakenly thinks he is only the body.
- One must redirect one’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa. Devotional service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, brings knowledge and detachment from the world.
Try this today
Spend a minute offering Kṛṣṇa a sincere prayer for attraction to His devotional service.
Ask yourself
How can I redirect some of my attraction from bodily concerns toward 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.