Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.13.19
Nirodha· Winding upNo Material Power Can Stop Time
“This frightful situation cannot be remedied by any person in this material world. My lord, it is the Supreme Personality of Godhead as eternal time [kāla] that has approached us all.”
What the purport teaches
- Eternal time approaches everyone as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No person or material remedy can check death.
- Old age gives notice that death is approaching. Even scientific advancement cannot remove old age or death.
- Even Brahmā is subject to death and cannot grant immortality. Wherever eternal time has influence, birth, disease, old age and death remain unavoidable.
Try this today
Take one quiet minute today to reflect that your time in this body is limited.
Ask yourself
How would remembering the limits of material protection change your priorities?
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.