Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.63.22
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Terrible Śiva-jvara Approaches Kṛṣṇa
“After Lord Śiva’s followers had been driven away, the Śiva-jvara, who had three heads and three feet, pressed forward to attack Lord Kṛṣṇa. As the Śiva-jvara approached, he seemed to burn everything in the ten directions.”
What the purport teaches
- After Lord Śiva’s followers were driven away, the Śiva-jvara advanced to attack Lord Kṛṣṇa. He seemed to burn everything in the ten directions.
- Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes a description of the terrible Śiva-jvara with three legs, three heads, six arms and nine eyes.
- Showering ashes, the Śiva-jvara resembled Yamarāja at the time of universal annihilation.
Try this today
Read the description once attentively, keeping your devotional attention on Lord Kṛṣṇa, whom the Śiva-jvara approached.
Ask yourself
How do the translation and purport convey the terror of the Śiva-jvara’s approach?
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.