Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.6.31
Nirodha· Winding upThe Lord’s Eternal Associates Are Not Destroyed
“Now due to the brāhmaṇas’ curse, the annihilation of My family has already begun. O sinless Brahmā, when this annihilation is finished and I am enroute to Vaikuṇṭha, I will pay a small visit to your abode.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord tells Brahmā that His family’s apparent annihilation has begun through the brāhmaṇas’ curse. After it is finished, He will visit Brahmā’s abode on His way to Vaikuṇṭha.
- Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that this “destruction” means the Yadus entered the hidden Dvārakā in the spiritual world.
- The Yadus are eternal servants and associates of the Lord, so they are not destroyed. Only their manifestation to our conditioned vision disappears; eternal Dvārakā remains.
Try this today
Write one sentence distinguishing the Yadus’ disappearance from our sight from the destruction of their existence.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that the Yadus are eternal servants change my understanding of their apparent destruction?
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.