Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.6.16
Sarga· CreationKṛṣṇa Is the Source of Mahā-Viṣṇu
“My dear Lord, the original puruṣa-avatāra, Mahā-Viṣṇu, acquires His creative potency from You. Thus with infallible energy He impregnates material nature, producing the mahat-tattva. Then the mahat-tattva, the amalgamated material energy, endowed with the potency of the Lord, produces from itself the primeval golden egg of the universe, which is covered by various layers of material elements.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is the source of Mahā-Viṣṇu, the greatest Viṣṇu incarnation. Mahā-Viṣṇu receives His creative potency from Kṛṣṇa.
- With this infallible potency, Mahā-Viṣṇu impregnates material nature, producing the mahat-tattva, the amalgamated material energy. Empowered by the Lord, it produces the golden egg of the universe with its material coverings.
- The purport rejects the idea that Kṛṣṇa is an expansion of Viṣṇu. The demigods, headed by Brahmā, acknowledge Kṛṣṇa’s supreme position.
Try this today
Read the translation once more, then offer a short prayer acknowledging Kṛṣṇa as the source of Mahā-Viṣṇu’s creative potency.
Ask yourself
How does recognizing Kṛṣṇa as the source of creative potency deepen my reverence for Him?
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.