Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.37.22
Āśraya· The supreme shelterSeek Shelter in the Supreme Personality
“Let us approach You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for shelter. You are full of perfectly pure spiritual awareness and are always situated in Your original identity. Since Your will is never thwarted, You have already achieved all possible desirable things, and by the power of Your spiritual energy You remain eternally aloof from the flow of the qualities of illusion.”
What the purport teaches
- We are invited to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead for shelter. He is full of perfectly pure spiritual awareness and always remains in His original identity.
- His will is never thwarted. He has already achieved all possible desirable things.
- By His spiritual energy, He remains eternally aloof from the flow of the qualities of illusion.
Try this today
Offer a simple prayer: “Supreme Personality of Godhead, please let me take shelter of You.”
Ask yourself
Which quality described here strengthens my trust in the Lord’s 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.