Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.4.22
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesPleasing the Lord Through Established Prayers
“My dear King, I shall fully explain to you the Haṁsa-guhya prayers, which were offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead by Dakṣa, and I shall explain how the Lord was pleased with him for those prayers.”
What the purport teaches
- The Haṁsa-guhya prayers were not composed by Dakṣa. They already existed in the Vedic literature.
- Dakṣa offered these prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Lord was pleased with Dakṣa's prayers. The account will explain how he satisfied the Lord.
Try this today
Read this translation slowly once, with the wish to understand how Dakṣa pleased the Lord.
Ask yourself
How might knowing that these prayers come from Vedic literature shape my attention to them?
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.