Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.77.29
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Apparent Scene Vanishes Like a Dream
“Now alert to the actual situation, Lord Acyuta saw before Him on the battlefield neither the messenger nor His father’s body. It was as if He had awakened from a dream. Seeing His enemy flying above Him in his Saubha plane, the Lord then prepared to kill him.”
What the purport teaches
- Alert to the actual situation, Lord Acyuta saw neither the messenger nor His father’s body on the battlefield.
- The change is compared to awakening from a dream. The verse uses this comparison to describe the disappearance of the apparent scene.
- Seeing His enemy flying above Him in the Saubha plane, the Lord prepared to kill him.
Try this today
List what was absent and what the Lord actually saw when the apparent scene had vanished.
Ask yourself
What does the dream comparison help you understand about the scene before Lord Acyuta?
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.