Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.9.19
Sarga· CreationThe Lord Controls Creation and Illusion
“O subduer of the enemies, at the time of creation the Personality of Godhead expands His own transcendental potency in the form of time, and agitating His material energy, māyā, composed of the three modes of material nature, He creates the mahat-tattva.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord's time potency is transcendental and nondifferent from His personal body. Through it, He agitates material nature's equilibrium and manifests the mahat-tattva, the basis on which material creations rest.
- The illusory potency that covers conditioned souls always remains subordinate to the Lord. His consciousness is infinite and infallible, and He always remains a person.
- Lust, anger and greed are the real enemies that imprison one in material illusion. A staunch devotee of the Lord can subdue these enemies.
Try this today
When lust, anger or greed arises today, pause before acting and remember your aim of remaining devoted to the Lord.
Ask yourself
Which of the three enemies—lust, anger or greed—most needs my attention today?
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.