Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.85.11
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Lord Underlies Material Nature
“You are false ego in the mode of ignorance, which is the source of the physical elements; false ego in the mode of passion, which is the source of the bodily senses; false ego in the mode of goodness, which is the source of the demigods; and the unmanifest, total material energy, which underlies everything.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord is false ego in the mode of ignorance, the source of the physical elements.
- He is false ego in passion, the source of the bodily senses, and in goodness, the source of the demigods.
- He is also the unmanifest, total material energy underlying everything. These material sources are not independent of Him.
Try this today
Look at one physical object today and recall that the material energy underlying it depends on the Lord.
Ask yourself
How can this description help me recognize my dependence on the Lord?
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.