Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.6.13
Nirodha· Winding upThe Saintly King’s Body Turns to Ashes
“While living beings all over the universe looked on, the body of the great self-realized saint among kings was immediately burned to ashes by the fire of the snake’s poison.”
What the purport teaches
- The King is described as a great self-realized saint among kings.
- The fire of the snake’s poison immediately burned his body to ashes.
- Living beings throughout the universe witnessed this event. The verse describes the destruction of his body while affirming his self-realized standing.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly, noticing separately what it says about the King and about his body.
Ask yourself
How does the description of the King as self-realized shape your understanding of his body’s 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.