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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.59.28

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

The Unborn Lord Has Unlimited Energies

“Obeisances unto You of unlimited energies, the unborn progenitor of this universe, the Absolute. O Soul of the high and the low, O Soul of the created elements, O all-pervading Supreme Soul, obeisances unto You.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.28, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Lord is unborn, yet He is the progenitor of this universe. He is the Absolute, whose energies are unlimited.
  • He is addressed as the Soul of the high and the low. The prayer also honors Him as the Soul of the created elements.
  • He is the all-pervading Supreme Soul. The prayer expresses reverence for Him through obeisances.

Try this today

Pause today and offer obeisances to the unborn Lord of unlimited energies.

Ask yourself

How can remembering the all-pervading Supreme Soul deepen my reverence?

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.

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