Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.25.20
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionShelter for Everyone Under Govardhana
“The Lord then addressed the cowherd community: O Mother, O Father, O residents of Vraja, if you wish you may now come under this hill with your cows.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa warmly invited His mother, father and the residents of Vraja to come beneath the hill with their cows.
- Touched by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govardhana felt ecstasy and acquired inconceivable power. The hill experienced Indra’s deadly thunderbolts as soft, fragrant flowers, or did not notice them at all.
- Govardhana could shelter all three worlds, not merely Vraja. Even the animals and birds that climbed to its peaks experienced no distress.
Try this today
Spend one minute remembering Kṛṣṇa’s invitation and the shelter He provided for the people and animals.
Ask yourself
What helps me appreciate the care expressed in Kṛṣṇa’s invitation to take shelter?
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.