Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.9.45
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is Our Ultimate Shelter
“O Lord, O supreme pure, You live within the core of everyone’s heart and observe all the desires and activities of the conditioned souls. O Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Lord Kṛṣṇa, Your reputation is bright and illuminating. You have no beginning, for You are the beginning of everything. This is understood by pure devotees because You are easily accessible to the pure and truthful. When the conditioned souls are liberated and sheltered at Your lotus feet after roving throughout the material world for many millions of years, they attain the highest success of life. Therefore, O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, we offer our respectful obeisances at Your lotus feet.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the original cause of everything and the Supreme Person. He expands as Viṣṇu like one candle lighting another, with no difference in their power.
- Kṛṣṇa is famous for relieving His devotees from danger. A devotee who sacrifices everything for His service and depends only on Him is called akiñcana.
- After wandering through the material world, souls attain the highest success by taking shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet. Pure devotees can understand and approach Him.
Try this today
Offer respectful obeisances to Kṛṣṇa and a short prayer for shelter at His lotus feet.
Ask yourself
What would it mean for me to regard Kṛṣṇa’s shelter as life’s highest success?
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.