Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.20
Mukti· LiberationDistant Vision Through Meditation on the Lord
“Merging one’s sight into the sun planet and then the sun planet into one’s eyes, one should meditate on Me as existing within the combination of sun and vision; thus one acquires the power to see any distant thing.”
What the purport teaches
- The practice described joins one’s sight with the sun planet and the sun planet with one’s eyes.
- Within this combination of sun and vision, the yogī meditates on Kṛṣṇa. The Lord remains the focus of the meditation.
- Through this meditation, the yogī acquires the power to see distant things.
Try this today
Reread the translation slowly, noticing that meditation on Kṛṣṇa is central to the described perfection.
Ask yourself
What does the Lord’s central place in this meditation teach me about the source of this ability?
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.