Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.27.5
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa Corrects Without Material Anger
“How, then, could there exist in You the symptoms of an ignorant person — such as greed, lust, anger and envy — which are produced by one’s previous involvement in material existence and which cause one to become further entangled in material existence? And yet as the Supreme Lord You impose punishment to protect religious principles and curb down the wicked.”
What the purport teaches
- Greed, lust, anger and envy are symptoms of ignorance. Choosing to associate with material qualities strengthens those qualities and leads to further material entanglement.
- Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not an ordinary child. His correction of Indra protected religious principles and curbed envy; it did not arise from material anger or greed.
- Kṛṣṇa desires to engage all living beings in the perfect, blissful life of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Indra is truly His humble servant and is beginning to remember this.
Try this today
When greed or anger appears today, pause before acting and remember your position as Kṛṣṇa’s servant.
Ask yourself
Where can I replace a desire to enjoy or control with the wish to serve 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.