Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.89.51
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Spiritual Light Is Kṛṣṇa’s Own Effulgence
“Following the Sudarśana disc, the chariot went beyond the darkness and reached the endless spiritual light of the all pervasive brahmajyoti. As Arjuna beheld this glaring effulgence, his eyes hurt, and so he shut them.”
What the purport teaches
- The Sudarśana disc led Kṛṣṇa’s chariot through the eight shells of the universe into the limitless, self-effulgent spiritual sky.
- The glaring brahmajyoti hurt Arjuna’s eyes, so he closed them. Kṛṣṇa explains that this spiritual light is His own eternal effulgence.
- This effulgence is Kṛṣṇa’s eternal spiritual energy, which the foremost yoga experts enter to become liberated. It is not independent of Him.
Try this today
Read Kṛṣṇa’s words, “It is My own eternal effulgence,” slowly, and pause to remember Him as its source.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that the spiritual light comes from Kṛṣṇa shape my understanding of Him?
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.