Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.73.12-13
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionPride Gives Way to Remembrance
“Previously, blinded by the intoxication of riches, we wanted to conquer this earth, and thus we fought one another to achieve victory, mercilessly harassing our own subjects. We arrogantly disregarded You, O Lord, who stood before us as death. But now, O Kṛṣṇa, that powerful form of Yours called time, moving mysteriously and irresistibly, has deprived us of our opulences. Now that You have mercifully destroyed our pride, we beg simply to remember Your lotus feet.”
What the purport teaches
- Blinded by riches, the kings had fought one another to conquer the earth. In their ambition, they mercilessly harassed their own subjects.
- They had arrogantly disregarded the Lord standing before them as death. Kṛṣṇa’s powerful form of time, moving mysteriously and irresistibly, deprived them of their opulences.
- The kings now recognized the destruction of their pride as Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. They begged simply to remember His lotus feet.
Try this today
Pause during one ambitious pursuit today and pray simply to remember Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
Ask yourself
How could remembering Kṛṣṇa change an ambition that makes you overlook others?
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.