Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.9.38
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Supreme Person Reveals Devotional Knowledge
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, after being seen in His transcendental form, instructing Brahmājī, the leader of the living entities, disappeared.”
What the purport teaches
- Hari showed His transcendental form to Brahmā while instructing him, and then disappeared. Among all individual living persons, He is the Supreme Person.
- Everything in the spiritual world is full of knowledge. Its land, water, trees, animals and inhabitants are individual and personal.
- The Lord taught Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to Brahmā so that knowledge of bhakti-yoga could be spread throughout the universe. Through the disciplic succession, we receive this science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Spend a few quiet minutes rereading this translation, attending to the Lord’s personal form and instruction.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that the Supreme Lord is a person shape my desire to serve 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.