Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.19.2
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesHear the Lord’s Glories with Full Attention
“A host of Gandharvas is always engaged in chanting the glories of Lord Rāmacandra. That chanting is always extremely auspicious. Hanumānjī and Arṣṭiṣeṇa, the chief person in Kimpuruṣa-varṣa, constantly hear those glories with complete attention. Hanumān chants the following mantras.”
What the purport teaches
- The Gandharvas constantly chant Lord Rāmacandra’s glories, and this chanting is extremely auspicious. Hanumānjī and Arṣṭiṣeṇa hear with complete attention.
- The Viṣṇu-dharmottara describes Lord Rāmacandra and His brothers as incarnations of Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. The Padma Purāṇa describes Them as incarnations of Nārāyaṇa, Śeṣa, Cakra and Śaṅkha.
- Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa explains that these accounts are not contradictory. The Lord and His brothers appear in these different ways in different millenniums.
Try this today
Put aside distractions and spend five minutes attentively hearing or reading Lord Rāmacandra’s glories.
Ask yourself
What distracts me from hearing the Lord’s glories with complete attention?
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.