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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.54.56

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Beauty Prepared for the Wedding

“The city of the Vṛṣṇis appeared most beautiful: there were tall, festive columns, and also archways decorated with flower garlands, cloth banners and precious gems. Arrangements of auspicious, full waterpots, aguru-scented incense, and lamps graced every doorway.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.56, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The city of the Vṛṣṇis appeared most beautiful with its tall, festive columns.
  • Archways were decorated with flower garlands, cloth banners and precious gems.
  • Every doorway was graced with auspicious, full waterpots, aguru-scented incense and lamps.

Try this today

Neatly arrange one flower in the place where you remember Kṛṣṇa today.

Ask yourself

How can careful preparation express my wish to honor 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.

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