Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.16.44
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is the Source of Revealed Knowledge
“We offer our obeisances again and again to You, who are the basis of all authoritative evidence, who are the author and ultimate source of the revealed scriptures, and who have manifested Yourself in those Vedic literatures encouraging sense gratification as well as in those encouraging renunciation of the material world.”
What the purport teaches
- Perception, understanding, persuasion and the transmission of evidence all take place through the Supreme Lord’s potencies.
- Kṛṣṇa is the greatest scholar. He manifests scriptures in the hearts of devotees like Brahmā and Nārada and appears as Vedavyāsa, the compiler of Vedic knowledge.
- The Lord provides scriptures encouraging both sense gratification and renunciation. These gradually guide conditioned souls back into the kingdom of God.
Try this today
Before studying today, offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa as the source of revealed knowledge.
Ask yourself
How can remembering the divine source of scripture make my study more respectful?
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.