Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.2.16
Mukti· LiberationTake Shelter of the Lord’s Protective Power
“Authorities who are learned scholars and sages have carefully ascertained that one should atone for the heaviest sins by undergoing a heavy process of atonement and one should atone for lighter sins by undergoing lighter atonement. Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, however, vanquishes all the effects of sinful activities, regardless of whether heavy or light.”
What the purport teaches
- Learned sages prescribe heavy atonement for heavy sins and lighter atonement for lighter sins. Chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa vanquishes the effects of both.
- Lord Balarāma’s rescue of Sāmba illustrates His unmatched protective power. One should take shelter of Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- However powerful sinful reactions may be, they are immediately vanquished by chanting the name of Hari, Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma or Nārāyaṇa.
Try this today
Chant the name of Kṛṣṇa for one minute as a deliberate act of taking shelter of Him.
Ask yourself
What does taking shelter of the Lord’s protective power mean for me today?
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.