Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.66.5
Ūti· What drives us to actAsk Kṛṣṇa to Remove False Designations
“[On Pauṇḍraka’s behalf, the messenger said:] I am the one and only Lord Vāsudeva, and there is no other. It is I who have descended to this world to show mercy to the living beings. Therefore give up Your false name.”
What the purport teaches
- Pauṇḍraka claimed to be the only Lord Vāsudeva and demanded that Kṛṣṇa give up His supposedly false name.
- Inspired by Goddess Sarasvatī, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains the real import: Kṛṣṇa alone is Vāsudeva, who has descended to show mercy to living beings.
- In this reading, the words ask Kṛṣṇa to remove Pauṇḍraka’s own false designation, like an oyster claiming to be silver. The Supreme Lord will certainly comply.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking Kṛṣṇa to help you give up one false claim about yourself.
Ask yourself
What false claim about myself would I like Kṛṣṇa to help me give up?
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.