Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.2.7
Nirodha· Winding upKṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Never End
“Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Vidura, the sun of the world, Lord Kṛṣṇa, has set, and our house has now been swallowed by the great snake of time. What can I say to you about our welfare?”
What the purport teaches
- Uddhava shared Vidura’s grief and compared Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance to sunset. With the Kṛṣṇa sun no longer visible, the world seemed covered in darkness.
- Darkness does not affect the sun itself. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance and disappearance do not end His existence or His pastimes.
- Kṛṣṇa’s nitya-līlā, His eternal pastimes, continues without ending. As a pastime finishes in one universe, it is manifested in another.
Try this today
Reread the sun comparison today and reflect for a moment on Kṛṣṇa’s everlasting pastimes.
Ask yourself
How does the sun comparison help me understand Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance?
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.