Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.6.44
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesFaithful Hearing Awakens Devotion to Govinda
“Any person who hears with faith and devotion about how Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, killed Pūtanā, and who thus invests his hearing in such childhood pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, certainly attains attachment for Govinda, the supreme, original person.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The witch’s attempt to kill Him, only to be killed herself, is described as adbhutam, meaning “specifically wonderful.”
- Anyone who hears this childhood pastime with faith and devotion certainly attains attachment for Govinda, the supreme, original person.
- Simply by reading these wonderful narrations as described in Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, one gains salvation from this material world. One gradually develops attachment to and devotion for Govinda, Ādi-puruṣa.
Try this today
Read this account aloud for a few minutes today, listening with faith and the desire to develop devotion for Govinda.
Ask yourself
How can you make your hearing about Kṛṣṇa more attentive and devotional?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.