Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.22.18
Sarga· CreationThe Lord’s Glance Empowers the Elements
“As the material elements, headed by the mahat-tattva, are transformed, they receive their specific potencies from the glance of the Supreme Lord, and being amalgamated by the power of nature, they create the universal egg.”
What the purport teaches
- The material elements, headed by mahat-tattva, undergo transformation.
- They receive their specific potencies from the glance of the Supreme Lord.
- Combined by the power of nature, these empowered elements create the universal egg.
Try this today
Observe something in nature today and remember that the material elements receive their powers from the Supreme Lord’s glance.
Ask yourself
What changes in my view of nature when I recognize that its elements receive their potencies from the Supreme 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.