Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.48.19
Āśraya· The supreme shelterOne with Everything, Yet Beyond Everything
“O Supreme Absolute Truth, with Your personal energies You create this universe and then enter into it. Thus one can perceive You in many different forms by hearing from authorities and by direct experience.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord creates the universe and enters it with His own energies. He thus makes Himself perceivable through hearing from authorities and through direct experience.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught acintya-bhedābheda-tattva: the Lord is simultaneously distinct from everything and one with everything. He is the supreme creator and controller, and all that exists expands from His power.
- The Bhāgavatam joins fascinating pastimes with steady spiritual philosophy. Akrūra’s precise prayers remind us of Kṛṣṇa’s supreme position while allowing us to appreciate loving spiritual emotions.
Try this today
Reread one of Akrūra’s prayers today, noting both its devotion and what it teaches about the Lord.
Ask yourself
How can understanding Kṛṣṇa’s supreme position deepen my appreciation of His loving pastimes?
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.