Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.9.28
Visarga· Brahmā's creationHuman Life Can Please the Lord
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanding His own potency, māyā-śakti, created innumerable species of life to house the conditioned souls. Yet by creating the forms of trees, reptiles, animals, birds, snakes and so on, the Lord was not satisfied within His heart. Then He created human life, which offers the conditioned soul sufficient intelligence to perceive the Absolute Truth, and became pleased.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead created many species through His own potency, māyā-śakti. He became pleased upon creating human life, with intelligence suitable for perceiving the Absolute Truth.
- Human life offers the opportunity to understand our eternal relationship with God. We should control the material senses and fulfill this purpose through Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- When we accept Kṛṣṇa as our protector and shelter and follow His order, we can revive our eternal, blissful nature. The Supreme Lord feels happiness and gradually reveals Himself to His devotee.
Try this today
Take a quiet moment today to acknowledge Kṛṣṇa as your protector and shelter.
Ask yourself
How are you using your human intelligence to understand your eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa?
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.