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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.41.39

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Kṛṣṇa Shares with the Cowherd Boys

“Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma put on pairs of garments that especially pleased Them, and then Kṛṣṇa distributed the remaining clothes among the cowherd boys, leaving some scattered on the ground.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.39, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma each put on a pair of garments that especially pleased Them.
  • Kṛṣṇa distributed the remaining clothes among the cowherd boys.
  • Some garments were left scattered on the ground. Not all the clothes were kept or distributed.

Try this today

Share one useful item with someone today, remembering Kṛṣṇa’s act of giving.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about Kṛṣṇa sharing the clothes with the cowherd boys?

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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