Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.4.25-26
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionDevotional Service Brings Direct Contact
“The voice of the Lord vibrated as follows: O best of learned persons, do not fear! I wish all good fortune to you. Become My devotees by hearing and chanting about Me and offering Me prayers, for these are certainly meant to award benedictions to all living entities. I know all about the activities of Hiraṇyakaśipu and shall surely stop them very soon. Please wait patiently until that time.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord told the devotees not to fear and invited them to hear, chant and offer prayers to Him. He knew Hiraṇyakaśipu’s activities and asked them to wait patiently for Him to stop them.
- Understanding, seeing or speaking with the Supreme Personality of Godhead depends on advancement in devotional service, or bhakti. All devotional activities are means of direct contact with Him.
- There is no fundamental difference between seeing the Lord, offering prayers and hearing His transcendental sound. Performing kīrtana and hearing Hare Kṛṣṇa is actually seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly.
Try this today
Spend two minutes chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and attentively hearing the sound.
Ask yourself
How would my hearing and chanting change if I approached them as direct contact with the Lord?
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.