Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.24.3
Sarga· CreationNature and Souls Are the Lord’s Potencies
“That one Absolute Truth, remaining free from material dualities and inaccessible to ordinary speech and mind, divided Himself into two categories — the material nature and the living entities who are trying to enjoy the manifestations of that nature.”
What the purport teaches
- The one Absolute Truth remains free from material dualities and beyond ordinary speech and mind.
- He manifests two categories: material nature and the living entities trying to enjoy its manifestations.
- Both material nature and the living entity are potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Look at one material object and recall that both it and you depend on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
How does recognizing both yourself and nature as the Lord’s potencies affect your wish to enjoy matter?
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.