Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.7.26
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionKṛṣṇa Descends to Encourage His Devotees
“When the world is overburdened by the fighting strength of kings who have no faith in God, the Lord, just to diminish the distress of the world, descends with His plenary portion. The Lord comes in His original form, with beautiful black hair. And just to expand His transcendental glories, He acts extraordinarily. No one can properly estimate how great He is.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Baladeva is His first personal expansion. They appear to diminish the world’s distress.
- The Lord descends in His spiritual body through His internal potency, without accepting a material body. Though the oldest person, He remains ever youthful and is known by bona fide devotees, not by limited sense perception.
- The Lord does not need to come personally to remove the world’s burden. He comes to exhibit transcendental activities that His pure devotees delight in chanting and discussing.
Try this today
Spend two minutes praising Kṛṣṇa’s ever-youthful spiritual form as an act of devotional service.
Ask yourself
How can I turn more of my attention toward Kṛṣṇa and His transcendental activities?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.