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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.9.10

Nirodha· Winding up

A Sudden Wind During Evening Worship

“O brāhmaṇa Śaunaka, best of the Bhṛgus, one day while Mārkaṇḍeya was performing his evening worship on the bank of the Puṣpabhadrā, a great wind suddenly arose.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.9.10, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Mārkaṇḍeya was performing his evening worship.
  • He was on the bank of the Puṣpabhadrā.
  • While he worshiped, a great wind suddenly arose.

Try this today

Set aside a brief time this evening to worship the Lord.

Ask yourself

What place does worship have in my evening routine?

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.

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