Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.9.4
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesHonor the Lord’s Eternal Personal Forms
“This present form, or any transcendental form expanded by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is equally auspicious for all the universes. Since You have manifested this eternal personal form upon whom Your devotees meditate, I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You. Those who are destined to be dispatched to the path of hell neglect Your personal form because of speculating on material topics.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person, and all His plenary expansions are equally potent. Their personal forms bring blessings to all the universes.
- All the Lord’s forms are transcendental and never products of material energy. The form He reveals to a devotee remains spiritual even if that devotee retains material desires.
- Brahmā offers respectful obeisances to the Lord’s eternal personal form. The purport strongly warns against neglecting that form through impersonal speculation.
Try this today
Offer respectful obeisances to the Lord, remembering that His personal form is untouched by matter.
Ask yourself
Do I regard the Lord’s personal form as eternal and spiritual, rather than material?
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.