Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.19.26
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesLeadership Should Protect Spiritual Advancement
“Mahārāja Pṛthu, who was celebrated as very powerful, immediately took up his bow and arrows and prepared to kill Indra himself, because Indra had introduced such irregular sannyāsa orders.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Pṛthu took up his bow and arrows against Indra because Indra had introduced irregular orders of sannyāsa.
- The purport identifies Pṛthu as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It explains that a king’s duty includes opposing irreligious systems.
- Heads of state should be bona fide representatives of God. The purport warns that compromising religious and irreligious systems leaves citizens uninterested in spiritual advancement.
Try this today
Make room for one spiritual activity in the part of today’s schedule you are responsible for.
Ask yourself
In the responsibilities I hold, do I give spiritual advancement genuine importance?
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.