Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.85.3
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Supreme Person and His Energies
“[Vasudeva said:] O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, best of yogīs, O eternal Saṅkarṣaṇa! I know that You two are personally the source of universal creation and the ingredients of creation as well.”
What the purport teaches
- Vasudeva recognizes Kṛṣṇa and eternal Saṅkarṣaṇa as the source of universal creation and its ingredients.
- Pradhāna is the creative energy of the Supreme Person. It is subordinate and incapable of independent action.
- Neither Kṛṣṇa nor Balarāma belongs to the category of subordinate energy. Together They are the original puruṣa, always joined by His potencies of pleasure, knowledge and creation.
Try this today
Spend one minute reflecting on the distinction between the Supreme Person and His dependent creative energy.
Ask yourself
Do I think of Kṛṣṇa as the independent Supreme Person, rather than as part of material nature?
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.