Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.11.17
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesDevotees Understand Through the Lord’s Grace
“O spiritually powerful one, you can understand the movements of eternal time, which is the controlling form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because you are a self-realized person, you can see everything by the power of mystic vision.”
What the purport teaches
- Eternal time is the controlling form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those with the highest perfection of mystic power who see past, present and future are called tri-kāla-jñas.
- Devotees of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa can clearly understand what is in the revealed scriptures. They can understand the science of Kṛṣṇa and the situation of the material and spiritual creations.
- Devotees do not need to strive for yoga-siddhi, or mystic perfection. Their understanding comes by the grace of the Lord, who sits in everyone’s heart.
Try this today
Before reading a passage of revealed scripture today, ask Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa for the grace to understand it as His devotee.
Ask yourself
How can you place more trust in the Lord’s grace than in gaining extraordinary powers?
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.