Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.44.8
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Women Describe an Unequal Match
“What comparison can there be between these two professional wrestlers, with limbs as strong as lightning bolts and bodies resembling mighty mountains, and these two young, immature boys with exceedingly tender limbs?”
What the purport teaches
- The women described the professional wrestlers’ limbs as strong as lightning bolts.
- They compared the wrestlers’ bodies to mighty mountains.
- In contrast, they described the two boys as young and immature, with exceedingly tender limbs.
Try this today
Read the two descriptions side by side and note one detail that explains the women’s alarm.
Ask yourself
Which contrast in the women’s description most helps me understand their concern?
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.