Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.37.12
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Shelters Souls and Governs the Universe
“You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the shelter of all souls and the supreme controller. He fulfills His desires simply by His will.
- By His personal creative potency, He manifested the primal modes of material nature in the beginning.
- Through these modes, He creates, maintains, and then destroys the universe.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer acknowledging Kṛṣṇa as your shelter, then dedicate one small act of service to Him.
Ask yourself
What does recognizing Kṛṣṇa as your shelter mean for your devotional service today?
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.