Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.8.15
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa’s Many Names Reveal His Qualities
“For this son of yours there are many forms and names according to His transcendental qualities and activities. These are known to me, but people in general do not understand them.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord is one, but He has many forms and names according to His transcendental qualities and activities. These include Bhaktavatsala, Giridhārī, Govinda and Gopāla.
- Kṛṣṇa is known as Mukunda because He wants to give everyone spiritual, eternal, blissful life. He appears in various forms to give living entities transcendental bliss.
- The living entity’s material disease is to use a little independence to oppose Kṛṣṇa’s plan. Although Garga Muni knew what ordinary people did not, even he did not know all of Kṛṣṇa’s names.
Try this today
Say the name Mukunda slowly today, remembering His desire to give everyone eternal, blissful life.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to receive the spiritual happiness Kṛṣṇa wants to give me?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.