Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.15.13
Sthāna· The universe in orderLife Around the Heavenly Lotus Ponds
“Beautiful women protected by the demigods sported in the gardens, which had lotus ponds full of swans, cranes, cakravākas and ducks.”
What the purport teaches
- Beautiful women sported in the gardens.
- These women were protected by the demigods.
- The gardens contained lotus ponds full of swans, cranes, cakravākas, and ducks.
Try this today
Read the verse once more and recall the four kinds of birds named in the lotus ponds.
Ask yourself
How do the lotus ponds and birds add to your picture of these gardens?
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.