Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.77.26
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesŚālva Uses Threats and Mockery
“[Śālva said:] Here is Your dear father, who begot You and for whose sake You are living in this world. I shall now kill him before Your very eyes. Save him if You can, weakling!”
What the purport teaches
- Śālva calls the person before Kṛṣṇa His dear father, who begot Him.
- He threatens to kill Kṛṣṇa’s father before His very eyes.
- Śālva challenges Kṛṣṇa to save him and calls the Lord a weakling. This insult is Śālva’s mockery, not a description of the Lord’s actual ability.
Try this today
Reread Śālva’s speech, carefully identifying its threat and its insult rather than accepting either as truth.
Ask yourself
How can you distinguish Śālva’s hostile claims from what the verse actually establishes?
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.