Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.28.26
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Supreme Lord Is Eternally Pure
“The sky may display the various qualities of the air, fire, water and earth that pass through it, as well as such qualities as heat and cold, which continually come and go with the seasons. Yet the sky is never entangled with any of these qualities. Similarly, the Supreme Absolute Truth is never entangled with the contaminations of goodness, passion and ignorance, which cause the material transformations of the false ego.”
What the purport teaches
- The sky is not entangled with the elements or seasonal qualities that pass through it. Similarly, the Supreme Absolute Truth remains untouched by the material modes.
- The conditioned living entity identifies with a particular material body through false ego. The Personality of Godhead is never covered by a material body or subject to false ego.
- Goodness, passion and ignorance do not contaminate the Lord. He is eternally infallible and pure.
Try this today
Look at the sky today and recall that the Lord remains pure despite the changing qualities of material nature.
Ask yourself
Do I mistakenly attribute material limitations to the Personality of Godhead?
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.