Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.5.43
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Supreme Lord Gives Remembrance and Courage
“O Lord, You assume incarnations for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation, and therefore we all take shelter of Your lotus feet because they always award remembrance and courage to Your devotees.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara oversee creation, maintenance and dissolution. They govern the modes of passion, goodness and ignorance, respectively.
- All three are incarnations of Kṛṣṇa, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Brahmā and Śiva themselves worship Lord Viṣṇu and are not counted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The demigods take shelter of the Supreme Lord’s lotus feet. His lotus feet award remembrance and courage to His devotees.
Try this today
Before facing one difficult task today, pause and pray for shelter and remembrance at the Supreme Lord’s lotus feet.
Ask yourself
How can remembering the Supreme Lord help me face a difficulty with courage?
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.