Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.87.29
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Lord Never Forgets Any Soul
“O eternally liberated, transcendental Lord, Your material energy causes the various moving and nonmoving species of life to appear by activating their material desires, but only when and if You sport with her by briefly glancing at her. You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, see no one as an intimate friend and no one as a stranger, just as the ethereal sky has no connection with perceptible qualities. In this sense You resemble a void.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is free from material desire, envy and need. He turns toward material creation only to help draw lost souls back into loving life with His pure devotees.
- By the Lord’s brief glance, His material energy awakens and provides bodies and circumstances for conditioned souls. These arrangements give them the facilities they desire and deserve as they attempt to live independently of Him.
- The Lord has equal concern for every soul, with nothing to gain from favoring friends over opponents. Even when we try to forget Him, He never forgets us and continues to provide necessities and unseen guidance.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking the Lord to free you from material entanglement and draw you toward loving service.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that the Lord never forgets me affect my desire to turn toward Him?
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.