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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.40.22

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Honor Lord Buddha and Lord Kalki

“Obeisances to Your form as the faultless Lord Buddha, who will bewilder the Daityas and Dānavas, and to Lord Kalki, the annihilator of the meat-eaters posing as kings.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.40.22, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The prayer offers obeisances to the Lord’s form as the faultless Lord Buddha.
  • Lord Buddha will bewilder the Daityas and Dānavas.
  • It also offers obeisances to Lord Kalki, the annihilator of the meat-eaters posing as kings.

Try this today

Read this translation once with attention, then offer obeisances to Lord Buddha and Lord Kalki.

Ask yourself

How can I keep a respectful, prayerful attitude while considering these forms of the Lord?

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.

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