Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.16.27
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesOffer Respect and Pray for Purification
“O mother earth, you were raised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of a boar because of your desiring to have a place to stay. I pray that you kindly vanquish all the reactions of my sinful life. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you.”
What the purport teaches
- The prayer addresses mother earth with respect.
- It recalls that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the form of a boar, raised her because she desired a place to stay.
- The speaker asks mother earth to vanquish all the reactions of sinful life and offers respectful obeisances.
Try this today
Read this prayer slowly, offering respectful obeisances and sincerely asking for purification.
Ask yourself
Can I sincerely acknowledge my need to be freed from the reactions of sinful life?
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.