Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.74.40
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyProtect Your Hearing and Spiritual Life
“Anyone who fails to immediately leave the place where he hears criticism of the Supreme Lord or His faithful devotee will certainly fall down, bereft of his pious credit.”
What the purport teaches
- The verse warns against remaining where the Supreme Lord is being criticized.
- The same warning applies when the criticism is directed at His faithful devotee.
- Anyone who fails to leave immediately will fall down, losing the credit of pious activities.
Try this today
Choose not to continue a conversation or recording that insults the Supreme Lord or His faithful devotee.
Ask yourself
Do I take criticism of the Lord’s faithful devotees as seriously as criticism of the Lord?
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.