Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.16.18
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa’s Footprints Are Great Treasures
“The footprints of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of the entire cowherd community, were marked with the lotus flower, barleycorn, elephant goad, thunderbolt and flag. My dear King Parīkṣit, seeing His footprints on the path among the cows’ hoofprints, the residents of Vṛndāvana rushed along in great haste.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa’s footprints bore the lotus flower, barleycorn, elephant goad, thunderbolt and flag. Seeing them among the cows’ hoofprints, the residents hurried onward.
- Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī explains that these footprints had not been brushed away because the inhabitants of the forest carefully preserved them.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is the wealth of all living beings. The creatures of Vṛndāvana treasured His footprints as ornaments of the earth and would not walk upon them.
Try this today
Spend a minute remembering the five markings on Kṛṣṇa’s footprints.
Ask yourself
What does it mean to treasure Kṛṣṇa as the wealth of all living beings?
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.