Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.2.15
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Lord Compassionately Protects Peaceful Devotees
“The Personality of Godhead, the all-compassionate controller of both the spiritual and material creations, is unborn, but when there is friction between His peaceful devotees and persons who are in the material modes of nature, He takes birth just like fire, accompanied by the mahat-tattva.”
What the purport teaches
- Devotees are peaceful because they do not hanker for material possessions or spiritual salvation. They want only to serve the Lord wherever He desires.
- When peaceful devotees are harassed, the all-compassionate Lord appears for their sake. Although unborn, He manifests Himself with His plenary portions.
- Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nārāyaṇa and all other incarnations accompany Him to carry out different parts of His pastimes.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer today asking only for the opportunity to serve the Lord, rather than for possessions or liberation.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking something for myself through devotion, or learning to serve wherever the Lord desires?
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.