Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.4.42
Āśraya· The supreme shelterVaiṣṇavas Teach Devotional Service
“Lord Viṣṇu, the Supersoul within the core of everyone’s heart, is the ultimate enemy of the asuras and is therefore known as asura-dviṭ. He is the leader of all the demigods because all the demigods, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā, exist under His protection. The great saintly persons, sages and Vaiṣṇavas also depend upon Him. To persecute the Vaiṣṇavas, therefore, is the only way to kill Viṣṇu.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord, is the Supersoul within everyone’s heart. All the demigods, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā, exist under His protection.
- Kaṁsa’s followers wrongly thought that persecuting Vaiṣṇavas, saintly persons and sages would destroy Viṣṇu. They therefore decided to suppress Vaiṣṇavism.
- Vaiṣṇavas preach devotional service. To become free from material, conditional life, one must ultimately become a Vaiṣṇava; the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is directed with this understanding.
Try this today
Today, read one instruction from a Vaiṣṇava about devotional service and try to follow it.
Ask yourself
How can I become more receptive to the devotional service taught by Vaiṣṇavas?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.