Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.43.20
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesJoy in Beholding the Supreme Lords
“O King, as the citizens of the city and the people from outlying districts gazed upon those two Supreme Personalities from their seats in the galleries, the force of the people’s happiness caused their eyes to open wide and their faces to blossom. They drank in the vision of the Lords’ faces without becoming satiated.”
What the purport teaches
- Citizens and people from outlying districts gazed at the two Supreme Personalities from the galleries.
- The force of their happiness opened their eyes wide and made their faces blossom.
- They drank in the vision of the Lords’ faces without becoming satisfied that they had seen enough.
Try this today
Read this verse slowly and spend a moment remembering the joy of gazing upon the Lords’ faces.
Ask yourself
What touches you about the people’s desire to keep beholding the Lords?
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.