Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.57.15
Āśraya· The supreme shelterOne Supreme Lord, Innumerable Forms
“It is the Supreme Lord who creates, maintains and destroys this universe simply as His pastime. The cosmic creators cannot even understand His purpose, bewildered as they are by His illusory Māyā.
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord creates, maintains and destroys the universe simply as His pastime. Even the cosmic creators cannot understand His purpose, being bewildered by His illusory Māyā.
- References to the two Lords do not mean there are two independent Supreme Gods. The one Supreme Lord expands into innumerable forms while remaining one and almighty.
- The Lord appears as His own older brother, Balarāma, in His pastimes. There is one Supreme Godhead, one Absolute Truth, whose original form is Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly today, then offer a brief prayer of respect to Kṛṣṇa as the one Supreme Godhead.
Ask yourself
How can I approach the Lord's purposes with greater humility?
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.