Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.59.42
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa's Marriages Reveal His Inconceivable Potency
“Then the imperishable Supreme Personality, assuming a separate form for each bride, duly married all the princesses simultaneously, each in her own palace.”
What the purport teaches
- The imperishable Supreme Personality of Godhead assumed a separate form for each bride and married all the princesses simultaneously.
- Each marriage was duly performed in its own palace. The Lord's relatives, including His mother Devakī, appeared at every wedding.
- Kṛṣṇa manifested identical forms of His original form in all 16,100 palaces. This reveals His inconceivable potency: He is not an ordinary human being.
Try this today
Reread the translation while consciously remembering that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
How does this account challenge the habit of thinking of Kṛṣṇa as an ordinary person?
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.