Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.30.24
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionKṛṣṇa Kindly Delivers and Empowers His Devotees
“Dear Lord, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You because Your existence is completely independent of all material influences. Your Lordship always takes away the devotee’s miserable conditions, for Your brain plans how to do so. You live everywhere as Paramātmā; therefore You are known as Vāsudeva. You also accept Vasudeva as Your father, and You are celebrated by the name Kṛṣṇa. You are so kind that You always increase the influence of all kinds of devotees.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Viṣṇu’s existence is completely free from the material modes. He is not in the same category as Brahmā and Śiva; Śiva’s position is between Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Brahmā, a living entity.
- Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all Viṣṇu expansions are His plenary portions or portions of those portions. He is known as Vāsudeva and appears as the son of Vasudeva.
- The Lord takes away His devotees’ miserable conditions and is always planning to deliver conditioned souls from māyā. He also increases His devotees’ influence and entrusts them with powers for His service.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer to Kṛṣṇa today, thanking Him for His kindness and asking to use your abilities in His service.
Ask yourself
How does the Lord’s constant concern for His devotees strengthen my desire to serve Him?
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.