Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.19.14
Mukti· LiberationSee the Supreme Cause Within Everything
“I personally approve of that knowledge by which one sees the combination of nine, eleven, five and three elements in all living entities, and ultimately one element within those twenty-eight.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord approves knowledge that recognizes the twenty-eight elements in living beings. These include material nature, the living entity, false ego, the senses, the mind, physical elements and the three modes of nature.
- Within all twenty-eight is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul. He is all-pervading within both the material and spiritual worlds.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes, so secondary causes and their effects are ultimately nondifferent from Him. This understanding is real knowledge, or jñāna, essential for perfecting life.
Try this today
Look at one physical object today and pause to remember that its causes ultimately depend on Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
When I notice material causes, do I also remember Kṛṣṇa as the cause of all causes?
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.