Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.3.6
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesSimple Offerings With Love Please the Lord
“O Supreme Lord, You are full in every respect. You are certainly very satisfied when Your devotees offer You prayers with faltering voices and in ecstasy bring You tulasī leaves, water, twigs bearing new leaves, and newly grown grass. This surely makes You satisfied.”
What the purport teaches
- Great wealth, education or opulence is not needed to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A flower and a little water offered with love can please Him.
- The Lord is surely satisfied by devotion, not by the material value of an offering. He accepts a leaf, flower, fruit or water offered with love and devotion.
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa is very affectionate toward His devotees. Through His causeless mercy, even the poorest person can offer something simple and please Him.
Try this today
Offer the Lord a little clean water today with a sincere prayer of devotion.
Ask yourself
Do I ever feel that my simple offering is too small for 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.