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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.8.36

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

The Armor’s Protection Reaches Others

“If one employs this armor, whomever he sees with his eyes or touches with his feet is immediately freed from all the above-mentioned dangers.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.8.36, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The verse describes the influence of a person who employs this armor.
  • Whomever that person sees with his eyes or touches with his feet receives its protection.
  • The verse states that such a person is immediately freed from all the dangers previously mentioned.

Try this today

Read the verse once with another person’s welfare in mind.

Ask yourself

How does this verse broaden my attention from my own protection to the welfare of others?

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.

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