Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.87.49
Āśraya· The supreme shelterUnderstanding Truth Beyond Material Qualities
“Thus I have replied to the question you asked me, O King, concerning how the mind can have access to the Absolute Truth, which is indescribable by material words and devoid of material qualities.”
What the purport teaches
- The King’s question concerned how the mind can have access to the Absolute Truth.
- The Absolute Truth cannot be described by material words and is devoid of material qualities.
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī states that the teaching he has related answers this question. The discussion guides inquiry into what lies beyond material description.
Try this today
Reread the translation and note its precise wording: “material words” and “material qualities.”
Ask yourself
What assumptions based on material experience am I bringing to my understanding of the Absolute Truth?
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.