Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.81.35
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Lord Magnifies Small Service
“The Lord considers even His greatest benedictions to be insignificant, while He magnifies even a small service rendered to Him by His well-wishing devotee. Thus with pleasure the Supreme Soul accepted a single palmful of the flat rice I brought Him.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord considers even His greatest benedictions insignificant.
- He regards even a small service from His well-wishing devotee as something great.
- The Supreme Soul accepted a single palmful of Sudāmā’s flat rice with pleasure. His response reveals His loving appreciation of devotional service.
Try this today
Offer one small act of service to Lord Kṛṣṇa today with sincere goodwill.
Ask yourself
Does knowing that the Lord values small service encourage you to offer what you can?
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.