Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.8.13
Ūti· What drives us to actDisbelief Challenges the Lord’s Protection
“Because you are speaking so much nonsense, I shall now sever your head from your body. Now let me see your most worshipable God come to protect you. I want to see it.”
What the purport teaches
- Hiraṇyakaśipu threatened to sever Prahlāda’s head and challenged his worshipable Lord to protect him.
- The purport explains that demons regard the devotees’ God as fictitious and devotion as an illusion. Hiraṇyakaśipu would not believe that the Lord was present everywhere.
- Convinced that no one could protect Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu felt encouraged to kill him. His challenge opposed the truth that the devotee is always protected by the Supreme Lord.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer expressing your trust in the Supreme Lord as your protector.
Ask yourself
How do I respond when devotion to the Lord is dismissed as an illusion?
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.