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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.20.1

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

Sharing Kṛṣṇa’s and Balarāma’s Wonderful Activities

“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:To the ladies of Vṛndāvana, the cowherd boys then related in full detail Kṛṣṇa’s and Balarāma’s wonderful activities of delivering them from the forest fire and killing the demon Pralamba.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.20.1, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The cowherd boys told the ladies of Vṛndāvana about Kṛṣṇa’s and Balarāma’s wonderful activities.
  • They described their deliverance from the forest fire and the killing of the demon Pralamba.
  • The boys related these events in full detail, sharing what had happened to them.

Try this today

Retell the two wonderful activities mentioned in this verse to someone, keeping to the translation.

Ask yourself

Which part of this account would you most like to remember and share?

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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