Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.51.18
Nirodha· Winding upTime Sweeps Away Our Companions
“The children, queens, relatives, ministers, advisers and subjects who were your contemporaries are no longer alive. They have all been swept away by time.
What the purport teaches
- Mucukunda's children, queens and relatives who had been his contemporaries were no longer alive.
- His ministers, advisers and subjects of that time had also passed away.
- The demigods explained that all of them had been swept away by time.
Try this today
Pause today to appreciate someone in your life, remembering that your time together is limited.
Ask yourself
How does remembering the passing of time affect the way you value those around you?
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.