Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.2.38
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionTrust the Lord Within the Heart
“It is wonderful that these elderly women do not have a higher sense of life than we do. Indeed, we are most fortunate, for although we are children and have been left to struggle in material life, unprotected by father and mother, and although we are very weak, we have not been vanquished or eaten by ferocious animals. Thus we have a firm belief that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has given us protection even in the womb of the mother, will protect us everywhere.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is present in everyone’s heart and gives protection even within the womb. Birth and death take place under His arrangement.
- Kṛṣṇa gives remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. When the conditioned soul wants to act independently, the Lord allows him to act and experience the reactions.
- The Lord asks us to surrender unto Him. Through mature experience, the living being comes to understand that surrender to the lotus feet of Vāsudeva is his only duty.
Try this today
Pause before one decision today and offer a short prayer for help in following Kṛṣṇa’s direction.
Ask yourself
Where am I trying to act independently instead of accepting the Lord’s direction?
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.