Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.25.27
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Community Leaves Together
“After collecting their respective cows and loading their paraphernalia into their wagons, the cowherd men went out. The women, children and elderly persons gradually followed them.”
What the purport teaches
- The cowherd men collected their respective cows before leaving.
- They loaded their belongings into their wagons and went out.
- The women, children and elderly persons gradually followed them.
Try this today
Allow extra time today for a child or elderly person to move at a comfortable pace.
Ask yourself
What can you learn from the community’s careful departure with its people, animals and belongings?
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.