Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.24.30
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesPleasing Kṛṣṇa Benefits the World
“This is My idea, O father, and you may carry it out if it appeals to you. Such a sacrifice will be very dear to the cows, the brāhmaṇas and Govardhana Hill, and also to Me.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa presents His proposal to His father and invites him to carry it out if it appeals to him.
- The sacrifice is dear to the cows, the brāhmaṇas, Govardhana Hill and Kṛṣṇa Himself.
- Pleasing the brāhmaṇas, cows and the Supreme Lord is auspicious and beneficial for the whole world. The purport warns against a spiritually blind approach to life that claims to be scientific while destroying the earth.
Try this today
Before one act of service today, pause and make pleasing Kṛṣṇa your goal.
Ask yourself
Do I measure benefit only by material results, or also by what pleases the Supreme Lord?
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.