Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.87.2
Sarga· CreationThe Lord Gives Faculties for Spiritual Progress
“Śukadeva Gosvamī said: The Supreme Lord manifested the material intelligence, senses, mind and vital air of the living entities so that they could indulge their desires for sense gratification, take repeated births to engage in fruitive activities, become elevated in future lives and ultimately attain liberation.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord creates the cosmos for the living entities’ benefit; compassion is His sole motive. He supplies intelligence, senses, mind and vital air.
- All progress depends on His mercy, including gradual elevation, liberation and pure devotion. Bhakti-yoga begins with hearing and chanting the names of God.
- The Supreme is free from material qualities, but He has personal qualities such as knowledge, power and mercy. The almighty Lord can also enable words to express the Supreme Truth.
Try this today
Use a few minutes today to hear and chant the names of Lord Kṛṣṇa with attention.
Ask yourself
How am I using the faculties the Lord has mercifully given me?
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.