Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.29.4
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Lord Cherishes His Sheltered Devotees
“My dear infallible Lord, it is not very astonishing that You intimately approach Your servants who have taken exclusive shelter of You. After all, during Your appearance as Lord Rāmacandra, even while great demigods like Brahmā were vying to place the effulgent tips of their helmets upon the cushion where Your lotus feet rested, You displayed special affection for monkeys such as Hanumān because they had taken exclusive shelter of You.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s devotees become completely successful by His causeless mercy. He sometimes even accepts a position of subservience to His great devotees.
- Although great demigods sought to honor Lord Rāmacandra, He awarded intimate friendship to monkeys headed by Hanumān, who had taken exclusive shelter of Him.
- Those who have developed a taste for direct loving service do not need elaborate systems of philosophical speculation or methods for achieving mystic powers.
Try this today
Spend a quiet minute offering the Lord your desire to serve Him lovingly and take shelter of Him.
Ask yourself
What attracts you more: spiritual accomplishments or direct loving service to 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.