Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.9.19
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesHelp Others Remember Their Lord
“And seeing Brahmā present before Him, the Lord accepted him as worthy to create living beings, to be controlled as He desired, and thus being much satisfied with him, the Lord shook hands with Brahmā and, slightly smiling, addressed him thus.”
What the purport teaches
- Material creation is not blind or accidental. It gives conditioned souls a chance for liberation under the guidance of the Lord’s representative.
- The Lord instructs Brahmā in Vedic knowledge so that forgetful souls can recover their relationship with Him. Brahmā is very dear to the Lord because he accepts this responsibility.
- Those who faithfully spread the Lord’s mission in the Brahma sampradāya help souls return home to Godhead. The Lord is greatly pleased with this service, not with teachings that increase forgetfulness of Him.
Try this today
Share one teaching from this passage with someone willing to hear, keeping its message faithful to the text.
Ask yourself
Do my words help others remember the Lord or become more forgetful of Him?
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.