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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.15.41

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Hearing and Chanting Kṛṣṇa’s Glories Purify

“Then lotus-eyed Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose glories are most pious to hear and chant, returned home to Vraja with His elder brother, Balarāma. Along the way, the cowherd boys, His faithful followers, chanted His glories.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.15.41, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Lotus-eyed Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa returned home to Vraja with His elder brother, Balarāma.
  • Along the way, His faithful cowherd companions chanted His glories.
  • Hearing and chanting Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s glories are most pious activities. Both speakers and hearers are purified and become pious.

Try this today

Read this translation aloud as a small act of glorifying Kṛṣṇa, listening attentively as you speak.

Ask yourself

How can you make room today for hearing or chanting Kṛṣṇa’s glories?

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.

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