The King Who Could Not Drink a Leprous Sadhu’s Foot-bathing Water

• The Sixth Day: After praṇāmas to the guru-varga, Gurudeva opens the sixth day of the Bhāgavata-kathā, recalling kathā in London and the limits of time. Śukadeva told Parīkṣit the Tenth Canto pastimes in sequence: Pūtanā, who came with deceit yet received the destination of a nurse and mother, shows the Lord’s unmatched mercy (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.2.23); then Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta, whose meanings Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains. • The Donkey’s Labour: Like a donkey beaten while it carries its...