Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.84.62
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesSaintly Friendship Continues Without Return
“Indeed, the Supreme Lord must have created the bonds of affection, for such exalted saints as you have never stopped showing matchless friendship toward us ingrates, although it has never been properly reciprocated.”
What the purport teaches
- Vasudeva sees the Supreme Lord’s hand in the bonds of affection.
- He honors Nanda’s exalted, saintly friendship as matchless.
- Vasudeva calls himself and his people ungrateful, yet acknowledges that Nanda’s friendship has never ceased despite their failure to reciprocate properly.
Try this today
Thank someone for a kindness you have previously left unacknowledged.
Ask yourself
Whose steady kindness have I received without properly acknowledging it?
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.