Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.87.14
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Lord Awakens Our Devotional Service
“The śrutis said: Victory, victory to You, O unconquerable one! By Your very nature You are perfectly full in all opulences; therefore please defeat the eternal power of illusion, who assumes control over the modes of nature to create difficulties for conditioned souls. O You who awaken all the energies of the moving and nonmoving embodied beings, sometimes the Vedas can recognize You as You sport with Your material and spiritual potencies.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord is unconquerable and perfectly full in all opulences. Māyā bewilders conditioned souls into identifying with their material bodies, but she cannot conquer Him.
- The śrutis ask the Lord to destroy the living beings’ ignorance and attract them to His lotus feet. Removing ignorance alone is not enough: He is attainable only through devotional service.
- By His mercy, the Lord awakens the ability to pursue knowledge, mystic yoga and devotional service. Among the śrutis, those emphasizing pure devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead are supreme.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking the Supreme Lord to remove your ignorance and awaken your desire for devotional service.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking only relief from confusion, or also the opportunity to serve the Lord?
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.