Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.37.6
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa’s Tender Arm Overwhelms the Demon
“Keśī’s teeth immediately fell out when they touched the Supreme Lord’s arm, which to the demon felt as hot as molten iron. Within Keśī’s body the Supreme Personality’s arm then expanded greatly, like a diseased stomach swelling because of neglect.”
What the purport teaches
- Keśī’s teeth immediately fell out when they touched the Supreme Lord’s arm. To the demon, it felt as hot as molten iron.
- The Supreme Personality’s arm expanded greatly inside Keśī’s body. The translation compares this expansion to a diseased stomach swelling through neglect.
- Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Kṛṣṇa’s arm is more tender and cooling than a blue lotus. Yet to Keśī it felt extremely hot, as if made of lightning bolts.
Try this today
Read the purport once more, reflecting on both the tenderness and power of Kṛṣṇa’s arm.
Ask yourself
What strikes you about the contrast between Kṛṣṇa’s tender arm and Keśī’s experience of it?
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.