Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.4.27
Āśraya· The supreme shelterRecognizing the Ingredients Behind a Product
“My dear King, it is stated [in the Vedānta-sūtra] that the ingredient cause that constitutes any manifested product in this universe can be perceived as a separate reality, just as the threads that make up a cloth can be perceived separately from their product.”
What the purport teaches
- A manifested product has an ingredient cause that constitutes it.
- The ingredient cause can be perceived separately from the product, as the Vedānta-sūtra explains.
- Threads illustrate this teaching: they can be perceived separately from the cloth they make up.
Try this today
Examine a piece of cloth and identify the threads that constitute it.
Ask yourself
What does looking at the threads rather than only the cloth help you notice?
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.