Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.25.3
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Mistake Kṛṣṇa for Mortal
“[Indra said:] Just see how these cowherd men living in the forest have become so greatly intoxicated by their prosperity! They have surrendered to an ordinary human being, Kṛṣṇa, and thus they have offended the gods.”
What the purport teaches
- Indra accused the cowherd men of becoming intoxicated by prosperity and offending the gods.
- He really meant that they had offended him by taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa.
- Indra considered Kṛṣṇa an ordinary mortal. The purport identifies this as a gross miscalculation.
Try this today
Read the verse once more, carefully distinguishing Indra’s accusation from the purport’s correction.
Ask yourself
How can wounded pride distort my understanding of someone’s devotion to Kṛṣṇa?
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.