Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.22.47
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Gift We Cannot Repay
“Pṛthu Mahārāja continued: How can such persons, who have rendered unlimited service by explaining the path of self-realization in relation to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and whose explanations are given for our enlightenment with complete conviction and Vedic evidence, be repaid except by folded palms containing water for their satisfaction? Such great personalities can be satisfied only by their own activities, which are distributed amongst human society out of their unlimited mercy.”
What the purport teaches
- No one renders better service to humanity than one who distributes knowledge of spiritual realization in relation to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Forgetting their real identity, living entities move from one body to another in search of peace. Knowledge of their relationship with Kṛṣṇa is the perfect blessing for humanity.
- Knowledge of Kṛṣṇa is so great a gift that its giver cannot be repaid. Pṛthu Mahārāja humbly asked the Kumāras to be satisfied by their own merciful activities.
Try this today
Offer a sincere word of thanks to someone who has helped you understand your relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How can I express gratitude to those who help awaken my Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
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.