SB 7.9.26 Conscious meditation on our blessings deepens our appreciation for the Lord

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Satsang Bhagavatam 7.9.26 so here Prahlad Maharaj is relishing the extraordinary mercy that the lord has bestowed upon him he is telling that you placed your lotus hand on my head and first of all this itself is a great blessing for the lord to put his hand on his head or some devotees head but then he not only recognizes this to be the blessing but he recognizes that there are two further blessings implied within this blessing so normally the lord there is a cosmic battle between good and evil between the demigods and the demons and in that battle normally the demigods are on the side of good and the lord normally blesses them so he is recognizing that this benediction which the lord gave to him is extraordinary because he was he is not born in a family that normally receives the benedictions of the gods of the supreme lord infact he is in the opposite family which receives the punishment of the supreme lord what kind of mercy have you bestowed on me my dear lord and not only is it that you have given me a benediction that that is normally given only to the gods in my case you have given me a blessing which is so extraordinary that you don’t give it to even the best of gods and he said so you don’t give it to brahmaji no it is said that at the start of creation the lord shook hands with brahmaji and the lord is very affectionate to lord shiva so after the mohini murthi dila when lord shiva went to visit lord vishnu lord vishnu was very respectful to him, very courteous and at the end even after lord shiva was burnt and lord vishnu accepted the devotional consciousness of lord shiva and lord shiva circumambulated around lord vishnu but there is no description of of course there may be some pastimes in which the lord may have offered his hand in benediction but at least in this pastime and in the recent memory of prahlad maharaj at that time he says this kind of mercy that you have given me not only you have not given it to the greatest of the devatas shiva and brahma but you have not given it to even your own consort ramadevi in this particular pastime which is entirely orchestrated by the lord to demonstrate straight to the world the singular steadfast and fearless devotion of prahlad lord narsimha dev becomes so fiery so incredibly outraged that nobody can pacify him except for prahlad so even ramadevi cannot pacify him and even ramadevi did not come close to the lord and the lord did not offer his benedictory hand to ramadevi also to his own consort so he says nidhi lord what kind of blessing have you given me so extraordinary so first of all this blessing itself is extraordinary and somebody not born in devata family getting the blessing is even more extraordinary and somebody not getting not being born in devata family getting a blessing that is not given even to the greatest of devatas that is most extraordinary so he is deeply relishing this blessing and what he is essentially talking of by this blessing is that in the previous verses he was telling how everything material is futile but is only devotion to you that is of any value and he will be saying that actually I have got this wisdom and devotion you have benedicted me that is not any glory of mine but he will attribute all this glory later on to his spiritual life but the point is that he is extremely grateful to the lord and this conscious meditation on our blessings deepens our appreciation for the lord and enables us to take shelter of him wholeheartedly actually we may not have got the direct blessing of the touch of the person hand of the lord but still we have also been blessed extraordinarily by the opportunity to practice Krishna consciousness among the billions of souls that populate this planet and by the association of devotees, our spiritual master Sri Krishna Prabhupada, Lord Chaitanya and meditating on these blessings can also enable us to become more wholehearted in our connection