Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.7.23
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is the Original Supreme Lord
“You are the original Personality of Godhead who expands Himself all over the creations and is transcendental to material energy. You have cast away the effects of the material energy by dint of Your spiritual potency. You are always situated in eternal bliss and transcendental knowledge.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead, from whom everything emanates. Lord Viṣṇu is His plenary expansion, and Paramātmā is included within Him.
- Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, and material ignorance is like darkness. Surrender to His lotus feet releases one from ignorance.
- The Lord is beyond material actions and reactions, full of eternal bliss, knowledge and spiritual variety. His energies act under His control; they do not conduct the world independently.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer expressing your wish to take shelter at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
Ask yourself
How does seeing Kṛṣṇa as the source and controller of all energies deepen my wish to surrender?
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.