Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.7.46
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesServing Kṛṣṇa Fulfills Vedic Knowledge
“Dear Lord, O personified Vedic knowledge, in the past millennium, long, long ago, when You appeared as the great boar incarnation, You picked up the world from the water, as an elephant picks up a lotus flower from a lake. When You vibrated transcendental sound in that gigantic form of a boar, the sound was accepted as a sacrificial hymn, and great sages like Sanaka meditated upon it and offered prayers for Your glorification.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s transcendental form is personified Vedic knowledge. In His great boar form, His sound was accepted as a sacrificial hymn.
- Even a beginner who worships the Deity is in direct touch with the purport of Vedic knowledge. Decorating Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is a way of closely studying the Vedic injunctions.
- The purpose of the Vedas is to understand Kṛṣṇa. One who directly worships and serves Him has understood their truths.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly and offer a short prayer glorifying the Lord’s transcendental form.
Ask yourself
How might remembering the purpose of the Vedas deepen your approach to worship?
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.