Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.19.9
Āśraya· The supreme shelterTake Shelter of Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet
“My dear Lord, for one who is being tormented on the terrible path of birth and death and is constantly overwhelmed by the threefold miseries, I do not see any possible shelter other than Your two lotus feet, which are just like a refreshing umbrella that pours down showers of delicious nectar.”
What the purport teaches
- Transcendental knowledge must lead to loving devotional service; otherwise it is useless. Actual happiness comes through surrender to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
- Uddhava compares the Lord’s lotus feet to a refreshing umbrella showering delicious nectar. They are the shelter for one overwhelmed by the miseries of material existence.
- The bliss of impersonal merging cannot compare with the bliss of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is perfect knowledge because Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate shelter of all living entities.
Try this today
Bring one present worry into a brief prayer, asking for shelter at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
Ask yourself
When difficulties overwhelm me, do I turn toward Kṛṣṇa as my ultimate shelter?
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.