Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.22.8
Sarga· CreationAll Elements Rest in the Supreme Lord
“All subtle material elements are actually present within their gross effects; similarly, all gross elements are present within their subtle causes, since material creation takes place by progressive manifestation of elements from subtle to gross. Thus we can find all material elements within any single element.”
What the purport teaches
- Creation progresses from subtle causes to gross effects, with the elements present within one another. A pot exists potentially within mud, and mud remains present within the pot.
- There are innumerable ways to categorize God’s material creation. Ultimately, God Himself is the significant element, the basis of all its transformations.
- All elements rest within the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is also within everything. Kṛṣṇa consciousness thus provides the ultimate method for truly understanding the universe.
Try this today
Look at one material object today and reflect that its elements ultimately rest within the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
When I observe material things, do I remember the Supreme Lord who supports them?
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.