Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.84.41
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesFull Surrender Transcends Separate Debts
“O Vasudeva, without doubt you must have previously worshiped Lord Hari, the master of all worlds. Both you and your wife must have perfectly worshiped Him with supreme devotion, since He has accepted the role of your son.”
What the purport teaches
- The sages declare that Vasudeva and his wife must have worshiped Lord Hari, the master of all worlds, with supreme devotion, since He accepted the role of their son.
- Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Vasudeva is the eternally liberated father of the Supreme Lord. The sages’ ordinary instructions do not mean that worldly customs or scriptural injunctions have authority over him.
- Vasudeva’s name indicates the superexcellent wealth of pure devotional service. One fully surrendered to the service of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no separate debts, because all living beings are His parts and parcels.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer to Kṛṣṇa asking to take fuller shelter of Him through devotional service.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking the wealth of pure devotional service or mainly relief from obligations?
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.