Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.76.29
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesPradyumna Values His Dynasty’s Honor
“Except for Me, no one born in the Yadu dynasty has ever been known to abandon the battlefield. My reputation has now been stained by a driver who thinks like a eunuch.
What the purport teaches
- Pradyumna said that no one born in the Yadu dynasty had ever been known to abandon the battlefield.
- He regarded His own removal as an exception to that honorable record.
- Feeling that His reputation had been stained, He sharply criticized His driver’s judgment.
Try this today
Choose one responsibility today and fulfill it with care for the trust others place in you.
Ask yourself
What standards of faithful conduct do I feel responsible to uphold?
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.