Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.35
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is the Lord of All Perfections
“My dear Uddhava, I am the cause, the protector and the Lord of all mystic perfections, of the yoga system, of analytic knowledge, of pure activity and of the community of learned Vedic teachers.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is the cause, protector and Lord of all mystic perfections. His lordship includes not only material powers but also the highest liberated perfections.
- Kṛṣṇa is also the cause, protector and Lord of knowledge leading to liberation and the pious activities through which that knowledge is obtained. The learned teachers who guide people in piety are also under His lordship.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is the real object of meditation and worship for every living entity. Understanding that He is everything through the expansion of His potencies is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the supreme perfection of yoga.
Try this today
Before studying today, pause and remember Lord Kṛṣṇa as the source of spiritual knowledge and the true object of your worship.
Ask yourself
How can remembering Kṛṣṇa as the source and protector of spiritual knowledge deepen my worship?
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.