Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.3.35
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesHear the Unborn Lord’s Transcendental Activities
“Thus learned men describe the births and activities of the unborn and inactive, which is undiscoverable even in the Vedic literatures. He is the Lord of the heart.”
What the purport teaches
- Both the Lord and the living beings are spiritual and eternal. Yet conditioned living beings undergo birth and death under material nature, whereas the Lord’s appearances and disappearances manifest His internal potency.
- The Lord’s birth and activities are transcendental and are described by great sages for self-realization. Meditation on these activities can free one from material bondage.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead displays His confidential activities to bestow mercy upon conditioned souls. Narrations of these activities offer a convenient and pleasing way to meditate on Brahman.
Try this today
Reread a description of the Lord’s activities from the supplied text and spend one minute meditating on its transcendental nature.
Ask yourself
How would remembering the Lord’s mercy change the way I hear about His activities?
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.