Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.87.12-13
Nirodha· Winding upPraise the Lord With Enthusiasm
“Śrī Sanandana replied: After the Supreme Lord withdrew the universe He had previously created, He lay for some time as if asleep, and all His energies rested dormant within Him. When the time came for the next creation, the personified Vedas awakened Him by chanting His glories, just as the poets serving a king approach him at dawn and awaken him by reciting his heroic deeds.”
What the purport teaches
- After withdrawing the universe, the Supreme Lord lay as if asleep, with all His energies resting dormant within Him.
- At creation, the Vedas are the first emanation from Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu’s breathing. In personified form, they serve Him by awakening Him from His mystic sleep with praise.
- The Vedas knew that the all-knowing Lord did not need to be informed of His glories. Still, they enthusiastically welcomed the opportunity to praise Him.
Try this today
Read the translation aloud today, then offer one sincere sentence praising the Supreme Lord.
Ask yourself
How can I offer praise as service, rather than as something the Lord needs to learn?
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.