Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.8.17
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Visitors Reach Mārkaṇḍeya’s Hermitage
“O most powerful Śaunaka, they went to Mārkaṇḍeya’s hermitage, on the northern side of the Himālaya Mountains where the Puṣpabhadrā River passes by the famous peak Citrā.”
What the purport teaches
- Those sent by Indra went to Mārkaṇḍeya’s hermitage.
- The hermitage was on the northern side of the Himālaya Mountains.
- The Puṣpabhadrā River passed there beside the famous peak Citrā. This was the setting where the visitors approached the sage’s place of spiritual practice.
Try this today
Take a moment today to notice and reduce one interruption in your place of spiritual practice.
Ask yourself
How attentive am I to what enters the place where I practice spiritually?
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.