Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.85.4
Āśraya· The supreme shelterEverything Exists in Relation to Kṛṣṇa
“You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who manifest as the Lord of both nature and the creator of nature [Mahā-Viṣṇu]. Everything that comes into existence, however and whenever it does so, is created within You, by You, from You, for You and in relation to You.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of nature and of its creator, Mahā-Viṣṇu.
- Language appears to describe many separate agents through relationships such as doer, instrument, source and location.
- The deeper truth is that all these grammatical forms refer first of all to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everything is created within Him, by Him, from Him, for Him and in relation to Him.
Try this today
Before one task today, pause and consider how to do it as devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How might remembering that everything exists for Kṛṣṇa change the purpose of my actions?
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.