Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.48.32
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesLoving Service Includes Inquiring About Others
“You are indeed the best of Our friends, so please go to Hastināpura and, as the well-wisher of the Pāṇḍavas, find out how they are doing.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa calls Akrūra the best of His friends and asks him to go to Hastināpura.
- As a well-wisher of the Pāṇḍavas, Akrūra is asked to find out how they are doing.
- The purport explains that one reading of the Sanskrit has Kṛṣṇa addressing Akrūra as “Our own.” This expresses His intimate relationship with His uncle.
Try this today
Contact someone today and sincerely ask how they are doing, taking time to listen.
Ask yourself
How can genuine concern for someone's welfare become a concrete act of service?
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.