Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.63.35-36
Āśraya· The supreme shelterSurrender Opens the Way to Understanding
“The sky is Your navel, fire Your face, water Your semen, and heaven Your head. The cardinal directions are Your sense of hearing, herbal plants the hairs on Your body, and water-bearing clouds the hair on Your head. The earth is Your foot, the moon Your mind, and the sun Your vision, while I am Your ego. The ocean is Your abdomen, Indra Your arm, Lord Brahmā Your intelligence, the progenitor of mankind Your genitals, and religion Your heart. You are indeed the original puruṣa, creator of the worlds.”
What the purport teaches
- Śiva describes the worlds and their rulers as parts of the Lord’s cosmic manifestation. He honors the Lord as the original puruṣa, creator of the worlds.
- Like tiny bugs living inside a fruit, we tiny living beings cannot comprehend the Supreme Absolute Truth in whom we exist.
- Even the Lord’s cosmic manifestation is difficult to understand, what to speak of His transcendental form as Śrī Kṛṣṇa. We should surrender in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and the Lord Himself will help us understand.
Try this today
Before studying today, ask Kṛṣṇa to help you understand Him with a surrendered heart.
Ask yourself
Can I approach Kṛṣṇa with surrender rather than expect to understand Him by my own ability?
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.