Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.24.20
Visarga· Brahmā's creationCreation Depends on the Lord’s Glance
“As long as the Supreme Personality of Godhead continues to glance upon nature, the material world continues to exist, perpetually manifesting through procreation the great and variegated flow of universal creation.”
What the purport teaches
- The material world continues to exist as long as the Supreme Personality of Godhead glances upon nature. Its varied creation continues through parents and children.
- Although the mahat-tattva is the ingredient cause of the world, the Supreme Lord is its only ultimate cause. Time and nature are powerless to act without His glance.
- The Lord creates unlimited material variety for the sense gratification of conditioned souls. They seek enjoyment as parents and children throughout the 8,400,000 species of life.
Try this today
While observing a living creature today, pause and remember that the continuation of life depends on the Lord’s glance.
Ask yourself
Do I see the world as acting independently, or as dependent on 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.