Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.41.12
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionWelcome the Lord as Your Home’s Master
“Come, let us go to my house with Your elder brother, the cowherd men and Your companions. O best of friends, O transcendental Lord, in this way please grace my house with its master.”
What the purport teaches
- Akrūra invites Kṛṣṇa to his house together with His elder brother, the cowherd men and His companions.
- He addresses Kṛṣṇa as the best of friends and the transcendental Lord.
- Akrūra asks the Lord to grace his house with its master. His invitation expresses a wish for his home to belong to the Lord.
Try this today
Before one household task today, offer a brief prayer to do it in service to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Do I think of my home as a place for serving 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.