Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.30.9
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyPrescribed Worship Brings Good Fortune
“This is indeed the appropriate process for counteracting our imminent adversity, and it is sure to bring about the highest good fortune. Such worship of the demigods, brāhmaṇas and cows can earn the highest birth for all living entities.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa described this process as appropriate for counteracting the adversity facing the Yadus.
- He assured them that it would bring about the highest good fortune.
- He said that worship of the demigods, brāhmaṇas and cows can earn the highest birth for living entities.
Try this today
Take a quiet moment today to express respect for cows, as included in Kṛṣṇa’s instruction.
Ask yourself
How does Kṛṣṇa’s instruction connect responding to adversity with respectful 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.