Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.48.20
Āśraya· The supreme shelterOne Supreme Soul Amid Many Forms
“Just as the primary elements — earth and so on — manifest themselves in abundant variety among all the species of mobile and immobile life, so You, the one independent Supreme Soul, appear to be manifold among the variegated objects of Your creation.”
What the purport teaches
- The primary elements, beginning with earth, appear in many varieties among mobile and immobile forms of life.
- Akrūra uses this comparison to describe how the one Supreme Soul appears to be manifold among the varied objects of His creation.
- Despite this variety, the Lord remains one and independent. His appearance throughout creation does not diminish His position as the Supreme Soul.
Try this today
Observe one moving living being and one plant today, then recall the verse’s teaching about the one independent Supreme Soul.
Ask yourself
How does this verse help me remember the one Supreme Lord amid the variety of creation?
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.