Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.2.30
Sarga· CreationThe Lord Remains Beyond Material Qualities
“In the beginning of the material creation, that Absolute Personality of Godhead [Vāsudeva], in His transcendental position, created the energies of cause and effect by His own internal energy.”
What the purport teaches
- Vāsudeva created the energies of cause and effect by His own internal energy. Even the energies required for material creation come from Him.
- The Lord is always transcendental and is unaffected by the modes of material nature. His spiritual qualities are distinct from material qualities.
- His existence, form, activities and paraphernalia were present before material creation. He is all-spiritual, not a product of the material world.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly today and reflect for one minute on the Lord's existence before material creation.
Ask yourself
Do I sometimes think of the Lord's form or activities as limited by material nature?
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.