Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.6.15
Āśraya· The supreme shelterTime Reveals the Supreme Lord’s Potency
“You are the cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of this universe. As time, You regulate the subtle and manifest states of material nature and control every living being. As the threefold wheel of time You diminish all things by Your imperceptible actions, and thus You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord is the cause of the universe’s creation, maintenance and destruction. As time, He regulates material nature and controls every living being.
- Material things, including our bodies, gradually deteriorate. We see the accumulated results, but cannot perceive the process from moment to moment; this is the Lord’s wonderful potency as time.
- The threefold wheel of time refers to the year divided into three sections. The Lord Himself is the Supreme Person, beyond both the fallible and the infallible.
Try this today
Observe one sign of aging or wear today and take a moment to remember the Lord’s potency as time.
Ask yourself
How does noticing the passage of time help me recognize the Lord’s power?
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.