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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.57.17

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

Offer Obeisances to the Supreme Kṛṣṇa

“I offer my obeisances to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, whose every deed is amazing. He is the Supreme Soul, the unlimited source and fixed center of all existence.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.57.17, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Akrūra offers obeisances to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Every deed of Kṛṣṇa is amazing. He is the Supreme Soul and is unlimited.
  • Kṛṣṇa is the source and fixed center of all existence. The verse responds to His greatness with reverence.

Try this today

Offer one respectful bow to Kṛṣṇa today, remembering Him as the source of all existence.

Ask yourself

Which quality of Kṛṣṇa named here most deepens my desire to serve Him?

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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