Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.51.34
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Lord Deserves Everyone’s Honor
“Your unbearably brilliant effulgence overwhelms our strength, and thus we cannot fix our gaze upon You. O exalted one, You are to be honored by all embodied beings.”
What the purport teaches
- Mucukunda describes the Lord’s effulgence as unbearably brilliant.
- That brilliance overwhelms their strength, making them unable to fix their gaze upon Him.
- Mucukunda declares that the exalted Lord is worthy of honor from all embodied beings.
Try this today
Pause today to offer the Lord a brief, respectful prayer of honor.
Ask yourself
How can you express the honor that Mucukunda offers the Lord?
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.