Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.21.49
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionLeadership That Represents the Supreme Lord
“The audience continued: Dear King Pṛthu, your reputation is the purest of all, for you are preaching the glories of the most glorified of all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the brāhmaṇas. Since, due to our great fortune, we have you as our master, we think that we are living directly under the agency of the Lord.”
What the purport teaches
- Pṛthu Mahārāja’s reputation was pure because he preached the supremacy and glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. This made him a proper representative of the Lord.
- The citizens felt that under Pṛthu Mahārāja’s protection they were directly under the Lord’s protection. The purport presents this as the proper basis for social steadiness.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead maintains and leads all living entities. His representative’s primary responsibility is to protect brahminical culture and cows.
Try this today
Write down the two responsibilities of a leader named here: glorifying the Lord and protecting brahminical culture and cows.
Ask yourself
What qualities would help me recognize leadership that truly represents the Lord?
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.