Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.59.26
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesRemember the Lord’s Lotuslike Beauty
“My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.”
What the purport teaches
- The prayer honors the Lord whose abdomen bears a depression like a lotus flower and who wears garlands of lotuses.
- His glance is as cooling as a lotus, and His feet are engraved with lotuses. These features are remembered with respectful obeisances.
- Queen Kuntī offered this same prayer many years after this incident. Although her prayer appears earlier in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it was spoken later.
Try this today
Read the prayer slowly, pausing to remember the Lord’s cooling glance.
Ask yourself
Which feature of the Lord described here helps me offer heartfelt respect?
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.