Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.18
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesEverything Exists Through Kṛṣṇa’s Inconceivable Potency
“Have You not shown me today that both You Yourself and everything within this creation are manifestations of Your inconceivable potency? First You appeared alone, and then You manifested Yourself as all of Vṛndāvana’s calves and cowherd boys, Your friends. Next You appeared as an equal number of four-handed Viṣṇu forms, who were worshiped by all living beings, including me, and after that You appeared as an equal number of complete universes. Finally, You have now returned to Your unlimited form as the Supreme Absolute Truth, one without a second.”
What the purport teaches
- Everything that exists is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All existence is ultimately part and parcel of His spiritual existence.
- Kṛṣṇa manifested Himself as calves, cowherd boys, four-handed Viṣṇu forms and complete universes. He then again appeared as the Supreme Absolute Truth, one without a second.
- By Kṛṣṇa’s causeless mercy, Brahmā personally experienced that all existence is the Lord’s potency and is nondifferent from Him.
Try this today
Look at one thing around you and pause to remember that its existence depends on Kṛṣṇa’s potency.
Ask yourself
How might remembering that everything is Kṛṣṇa’s potency change the way you see your surroundings?
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.