Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.70.6
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesSteady Care in Morning Worship
“That most saintly of personalities would then bathe in sanctified water, dress Himself in lower and upper garments and perform the entire sequence of prescribed rituals, beginning with worship at dawn. After offering oblations into the sacred fire, Lord Kṛṣṇa would silently chant the Gāyatrī mantra.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Kṛṣṇa, the most saintly of personalities, bathed in sanctified water and dressed in lower and upper garments.
- He performed the entire sequence of prescribed rituals, beginning with worship at dawn.
- Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that, being in the disciplic succession from Kaṇva Muni, Kṛṣṇa offered fire oblations before sunrise. He then silently chanted the Gāyatrī mantra.
Try this today
Choose a definite time today for a brief, attentive period of worship.
Ask yourself
What can Kṛṣṇa’s careful morning worship teach you about steadiness in your own service?
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.