Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.9.22
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionKṛṣṇa Is Everyone’s Friend and Maintainer
“Let the Supreme Lord be merciful towards me. He is the one friend and soul of all living entities in the world, and He maintains all, for their ultimate happiness, by His six transcendental opulences. May He be merciful towards me so that I, as before, may be empowered with the introspection to create, for I am also one of the surrendered souls who are dear to the Lord.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the maintainer of both the spiritual and material worlds. He sustains all living entities through His six transcendental opulences.
- The Lord is everyone’s one friend and well-wisher. Affection and love between Him and the living entities are eternally natural.
- Brahmā asks for the Lord’s causeless mercy to carry out his work of creation. The surrendered soul knows nothing but the Lord, and the Lord is very affectionate toward that soul.
Try this today
Before one task today, pray to Kṛṣṇa for the mercy and understanding to carry it out in His service.
Ask yourself
How might I approach my responsibilities differently if I depended on Kṛṣṇa’s mercy?
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.