Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.11.50
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionHari Expands to Protect All Worlds
“For the protection of all the worlds, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, who is unborn and without beginning or end, thus expands Himself during each day of Brahmā into these specific categories of His personal representations.”
What the purport teaches
- Hari is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is unborn and has neither beginning nor end.
- During each day of Brahmā, He expands Himself into these specific categories of His personal representations.
- Through these expansions, Hari protects all the worlds. The activities described here belong to His arrangement for their protection.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer of gratitude to Hari for His protection, expressing your wish to serve Him.
Ask yourself
How can remembering Hari’s protection deepen my desire to serve 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.