Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.16.40
Āśraya· The supreme shelterEvery Excellence Expands from the Lord
“Whatever power, beauty, fame, opulence, humility, renunciation, mental pleasure, fortune, strength, tolerance or spiritual knowledge there may be is simply an expansion of My opulence.”
What the purport teaches
- Although His opulences are innumerable, the Lord gives a specific summary of them here.
- Whatever power, beauty, fame, opulence, mental pleasure, fortune or strength exists is an expansion of His opulence.
- Humility, renunciation, tolerance and spiritual knowledge are also expansions of His opulence.
Try this today
Notice one example of beauty, humility or tolerance today and remember it as an expansion of the Lord’s opulence.
Ask yourself
Which quality do I admire, and do I remember its connection with the Lord?
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.