Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.8.5
Ūti· What drives us to actA Devotee Works for Everyone’s Deliverance
“Hiraṇyakaśipu said: O most impudent, most unintelligent disruptor of the family, O lowest of mankind, you have violated my power to rule you, and therefore you are an obstinate fool. Today I shall send you to the place of Yamarāja.”
What the purport teaches
- Hiraṇyakaśipu’s insults receive a different meaning in Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura’s explanation. Prahlāda was especially brought into this world by the Supreme Lord’s mercy to teach people how to leave material suffering.
- Kṛṣṇa and His devotee share the mission of freeing conditioned souls from māyā. Prahlāda is a benefactor even of those who are slow in spiritual realization.
- Prahlāda made no distinction between one living entity and another. A devotee cares for Kṛṣṇa’s instructions rather than the instructions of demons.
Try this today
Offer one person outside your family a kind opportunity to hear an instruction about devotion from this purport.
Ask yourself
Does my concern for spiritual welfare extend beyond my own family?
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.