Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.17
Āśraya· The supreme shelterAccept the Lord’s Inconceivable Energy
“Just as this entire universe, including You, was exhibited within Your abdomen, so it is now manifested here externally in the same exact form. How could such things happen unless arranged by Your inconceivable energy?”
What the purport teaches
- The entire universe, including Kṛṣṇa Himself, was displayed within His abdomen. That same universe is also manifested externally in exactly the same form.
- Brahmā recognizes that this is possible only through the Lord’s inconceivable energy. The creation cannot be understood apart from His potency.
- The purport emphasizes that accepting the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is necessary to explain things as they are.
Try this today
Reread the translation and offer a short prayer acknowledging the Supreme Lord’s inconceivable energy.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to accept that the Supreme Lord’s energy exceeds what I can explain?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.