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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.52.20

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s Ever-Fresh Topics

“What experienced listener, O brāhmaṇa, could ever grow satiated while listening to the pious, charming and ever-fresh topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which cleanse away the world’s contamination?”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.20, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa are pious and charming.
  • Hearing these topics cleanses away the world’s contamination.
  • These topics are ever-fresh. An experienced listener does not grow satiated with hearing them.

Try this today

Spend five minutes hearing or reading these topics of Kṛṣṇa as devotional service, noticing one detail with fresh attention.

Ask yourself

What fresh appreciation arises when I hear about Kṛṣṇa again?

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.

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