Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.12.19
Āśraya· The supreme shelterEverything Belongs to the Supreme Lord
“The functions of the working senses — the organ of speech, the hands, the legs, the genitals and the anus — and the functions of the knowledge-acquiring senses — the nose, tongue, eyes, skin and ears — along with the functions of the subtle senses of mind, intelligence, consciousness and false ego, as well as the function of the subtle pradhāna and the interaction of the three modes of material nature — all these should be understood as My materially manifest form.”
What the purport teaches
- The functions of the senses, mind, intelligence, consciousness and false ego are the Lord's materially manifest form. This also includes pradhāna and the interaction of the three modes of material nature.
- A Kṛṣṇa conscious person sees the entire material world as a manifestation of the Lord's potencies. Everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, leaving no legitimate scope for selfish sense gratification.
- In material existence, the living entity dreams that he is lord. Giving up this illusion, one seeks to return to the spiritual world, where everything is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge.
Try this today
Before one use of your speech today, pause and remember that this ability belongs to Kṛṣṇa, rather than to you independently.
Ask yourself
Where am I treating something that belongs to the Lord as mine to enjoy independently?
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.