Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.22.14
Sarga· CreationReal Enjoyment Comes Through Serving the Lord
“I have described the nine basic elements as the enjoying soul, nature, nature’s primeval manifestation of the mahat-tattva, false ego, ether, air, fire, water and earth.”
What the purport teaches
- The nine basic elements are the enjoying soul, nature, mahat-tattva, false ego, ether, air, fire, water and earth. Nature is originally unmanifest and later becomes manifest as mahat-tattva.
- The living entity truly enjoys by satisfying the Lord’s transcendental senses, just as the hand eats by supplying food to the stomach. Forgetting his subservience to the Lord, he becomes a false enjoyer within material nature.
- This systematic analysis of matter, the living entity and the Supersoul reveals the conditioned soul’s actual position beyond material nature. Real enjoyment is found in service to the Lord.
Try this today
Choose one small act of service today and do it with the intention of satisfying the Lord rather than yourself.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking enjoyment independently, or through satisfying 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.