Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.60.36
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Lord’s Path Is Transcendental
“Your movements, inscrutable even for sages who relish the honey of Your lotus feet, are certainly incomprehensible for human beings who behave like animals. And just as Your activities are transcendental, O all-powerful Lord, so too are those of Your followers.”
What the purport teaches
- Rukmiṇī explains that the Lord follows an unworldly path. His activities are transcendental, not governed by ordinary worldly behavior.
- People absorbed in enjoying this world cannot understand the Lord’s activities. Cultural sophistication alone does not lift a person beyond animal-like pursuit of enjoyment.
- Even sages who relish the honey of His lotus feet cannot perfectly understand His activities. The activities of His followers are also transcendental.
Try this today
Read this translation slowly today, acknowledging that even devoted sages cannot fully understand the Lord.
Ask yourself
Do I judge the Lord’s activities only by ordinary worldly standards?
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.