Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.13.26
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesVedic Prayers Worship the Lord’s Transcendental Form
“Playing like an elephant, He entered into the water after roaring again in reply to the Vedic prayers by the great devotees. The Lord is the object of the Vedic prayers, and thus He understood that the devotees’ prayers were meant for Him.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s form in any shape is always transcendental, full of knowledge and mercy. His form is personified Vedic knowledge and destroys material contamination.
- All the Vedas worship His transcendental form. The Lord has no material form, and the devotees pray to see His real face beyond the glaring effulgence.
- The Lord understood that the devotees’ prayers glorified Him and was pleased. To encourage His pure devotees, He roared again and entered the water to rescue the earth.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer praising the Lord’s knowledge and mercy.
Ask yourself
How can remembering that the Lord hears His devotees make my prayers more attentive?
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.