Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.16.29
Āśraya· The supreme shelterHonor Vāsudeva, Present in Every Heart
“O Supreme Personality of Godhead, greatest of all, who lives in everyone’s heart and in whom everyone lives, O witness of everything, O Vāsudeva, supreme and all-pervading person, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.”
What the purport teaches
- Vāsudeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the greatest of all and the supreme, all-pervading person.
- He lives in everyone’s heart, and everyone lives in Him.
- He is the witness of everything. The prayer offers respectful obeisances unto Him.
Try this today
Pause today to offer respectful obeisances to Vāsudeva, remembering that He lives in everyone’s heart.
Ask yourself
How might remembering the Lord as the witness in my heart affect my actions?
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.