Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.24.4
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyHear Faithfully and Ask Seriously
“Please tell Me about it, O father. I have a great desire to know and am ready to hear in good faith. Certainly, no secrets are to be kept by saintly personalities, who see all others as equal to themselves, who have no conception of “mine” or “another’s” and who do not consider who is a friend, who is an enemy and who is neutral.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa expressed a great desire to know and a readiness to hear in good faith.
- He described saintly people as seeing others as equal to themselves, without distinctions of “mine” and “another’s,” or friend and enemy.
- Nanda might have regarded His son as too young to question a Vedic sacrifice. Kṛṣṇa’s statement showed that His inquiry was serious, not whimsical, and deserved a serious answer.
Try this today
Ask one sincere spiritual question today, and hear the response without interrupting.
Ask yourself
Do I ask spiritual questions with a genuine readiness to hear the answer?
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.