Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.40.2
Sarga· CreationCreation Comes From the Lord
“Earth; water; fire; air; ether and its source, false ego; the mahat-tattva; the total material nature and her source, the Supreme Lord’s puruṣa expansion; the mind; the senses; the sense objects; and the senses’ presiding deities — all these causes of the cosmic manifestation are born from Your transcendental body.”
What the purport teaches
- Earth, water, fire, air and ether are born from the Lord’s transcendental body.
- False ego, the mahat-tattva, total material nature and her source, the Lord’s puruṣa expansion, also come from Him.
- The mind, senses, sense objects and the senses’ presiding deities all come from Him. Every listed cause of the cosmic manifestation depends on the Lord.
Try this today
Notice water or earth today and pause to remember its source in the Lord.
Ask yourself
What changes when you view your mind and senses as coming from the Supreme Lord?
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.