Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.13.18
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesSacrifice Is Meant to Please the Lord
“O King, when Lord Indra reached the heavenly planets, the saintly brāhmaṇas approached him and properly initiated him into a horse sacrifice [aśvamedha-yajña] meant to please the Supreme Lord.”
What the purport teaches
- When Indra returned to the heavenly planets, saintly brāhmaṇas approached him.
- They properly initiated him into a horse sacrifice, an aśvamedha-yajña.
- The sacrifice was meant to please the Supreme Lord. Pleasing Him was the purpose of the ceremony.
Try this today
Before your next act of worship, pause and consciously make pleasing the Supreme Lord your intention.
Ask yourself
When I worship, is my attention on pleasing the Supreme 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.