Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.81.16
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionHumility Before Kṛṣṇa’s Loving Embrace
“Who am I? A sinful, poor friend of a brāhmaṇa. And who is Kṛṣṇa? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences. Nonetheless, He has embraced me with His two arms.”
What the purport teaches
- Sudāmā humbly called himself sinful, poor and merely a friend of a brāhmaṇa.
- He contrasted his own position with Kṛṣṇa’s: the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences. Yet Kṛṣṇa had embraced him with both arms.
- Sudāmā was so humble that he considered his poverty his own fault, a result of sin. The purport connects this with the saying that poverty ruins heaps of good qualities.
Try this today
Offer a brief, humble expression of gratitude for Kṛṣṇa’s kindness.
Ask yourself
How does Sudāmā’s humility deepen his wonder at Kṛṣṇa’s embrace?
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.