Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.63.26
Āśraya· The supreme shelterSurrender Ends the Cycle of Reactions
“Time; fate; karma; the jīva and his propensities; the subtle material elements; the material body; the life air; false ego; the various senses; and the totality of these as reflected in the living being’s subtle body — all this constitutes your material illusory energy, māyā, an endless cycle like that of seed and plant. I take shelter of You, the negation of this māyā.”
What the purport teaches
- The conditioned soul acts through a material body and creates further karma, leading to another body. Material life thus continues like the cycle of seed and plant.
- The decision to surrender to the Supreme Lord releases the soul from this futile repetition. After all illusion is negated, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, remains.
- Material existence consists of the Lord’s potencies, but His own body and senses are purely spiritual. Kṛṣṇa is identical with His spiritual form and senses.
Try this today
Pause before acting on one material desire today and offer a brief prayer of surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Which desire for material enjoyment keeps drawing me into repeated actions and reactions?
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.