Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.16.33
Āśraya· The supreme shelterRemembering Kṛṣṇa Through Earth’s Fragrance
“Among the Gandharvas I am Viśvāvasu, and I am Pūrvacitti among the heavenly Apsaras. I am the steadiness of mountains and the fragrant aroma of the earth.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord is Viśvāvasu among the Gandharvas and Pūrvacitti among the heavenly Apsaras.
- He is the steadiness of mountains and the fragrant aroma of the earth.
- The earth’s original, pleasing fragrance represents Lord Kṛṣṇa. Artificially produced unpleasant aromas do not represent Him.
Try this today
If you notice the pleasing fragrance of earth today, pause and remember Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How can the earth’s pleasing fragrance remind me of Kṛṣṇa?
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.