Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.51.62
Mukti· LiberationAccept Penance While Remaining Surrendered
“Because you followed the principles of a kṣatriya, you killed living beings while hunting and performing other duties. You must vanquish the sins thus incurred by carefully executing penances while remaining surrendered to Me.”
What the purport teaches
- Following the principles of a kṣatriya, the King had killed living beings while hunting and performing other duties.
- Kṛṣṇa instructs him to vanquish the sins incurred through those actions by carefully executing penances.
- While performing these penances, he must remain surrendered to Kṛṣṇa. Taking shelter of Him remains central.
Try this today
Take a quiet moment to acknowledge one harmful action and ask Kṛṣṇa for help in accepting responsibility while remaining surrendered to Him.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to acknowledge harm I have caused while continuing to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa?
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.