Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.5.50
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Lord’s Mercy Liberates Devotees and Demons
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead descended to kill the demoniac kings who were the burden of the earth and to protect the saintly devotees. However, both the demons and the devotees are awarded liberation by the Lord’s mercy. Thus, His transcendental fame has spread throughout the universe.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead descended to remove the demoniac kings and protect His saintly devotees. He killed the demons not out of envy, but to give them spiritual liberation.
- Generally, demons receive impersonal liberation in the Brahman effulgence. Devotees receive the superior benediction of love of Godhead in the spiritual planets.
- Kṛṣṇa’s causeless mercy toward all classes of living entities spreads His fame throughout the universe. Because His transcendental fame is not different from Him, its expansion gradually liberates the universe.
Try this today
Read aloud the verse’s description of the Lord’s mercy, then pause to appreciate love of Godhead as the superior benediction.
Ask yourself
What does the Lord’s mercy toward both devotees and demons help me understand about His unique nature?
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.