Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.88.3
Sarga· CreationŚiva’s Connection with Material Nature
“Śrī Śukadeva said: Lord Śiva is always united with his personal energy, the material nature. Manifesting himself in three features in response to the entreaties of nature’s three modes, he thus embodies the threefold principle of material ego in goodness, passion and ignorance.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Śiva is always united with his personal energy, material nature.
- He manifests in three features in response to nature’s three modes.
- He thus embodies the threefold principle of material ego in goodness, passion and ignorance.
Try this today
Write down the three modes named in the verse: goodness, passion and ignorance.
Ask yourself
How does this description help me understand Lord Śiva’s connection with 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.