Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.16.12
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesOmens Announce Imminent Danger
“In the Vṛndāvana area there then arose all three types of fearful omens — those on the earth, those in the sky and those in the bodies of living creatures — which announced imminent danger.”
What the purport teaches
- Three types of fearful omens arose in Vṛndāvana: on the earth, in the sky and in living creatures’ bodies.
- Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the earthly disturbances were tremors, while meteors fell in the sky.
- Living creatures experienced shivering and quivering of the left eye and other body parts. These omens announced imminent danger.
Try this today
Reread the translation and identify the three places where the omens appeared.
Ask yourself
How does this description help you understand the fear arising in Vṛndāvana?
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.