Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.86.54
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa Holds Learned Brāhmaṇas Dear
“Even My own four-armed form is no dearer to Me than a brāhmaṇa. Within himself a learned brāhmaṇa comprises all the Vedas, just as within Myself I comprise all the demigods.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa says that even His own four-armed form is no dearer to Him than a brāhmaṇa. A learned brāhmaṇa comprises all the Vedas, just as Kṛṣṇa comprises all the demigods.
- Knowledge depends on a valid means of knowing. The Supreme Personality of Godhead can be known only through the Vedas.
- The brāhmaṇa sages are the Vedas personified and reveal the Lord in this world. Although Kṛṣṇa embodies all the demigods and viṣṇu-tattva expansions of Nārāyaṇa, He considers Himself obliged to these sages.
Try this today
Reread this verse slowly, noting why Kṛṣṇa values the brāhmaṇa sages.
Ask yourself
How can Kṛṣṇa’s regard for learned brāhmaṇas deepen my respect for those who reveal Him through the Vedas?
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.