Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.4.37
Nirodha· Winding upThe Lord’s Time Is Subtle and Powerful
“These stages of existence created by beginningless and endless time, the impersonal representative of the Supreme Lord, are not visible, just as the infinitesimal momentary changes of position of the planets in the sky cannot be directly seen.”
What the purport teaches
- Beginningless and endless time is the impersonal representative of the Supreme Lord. Its moment-by-moment changes cannot be directly seen.
- We do not normally see the sun moving or our hair and nails growing. Yet, with the passing of time, these changes become clear.
- Time is the Lord’s subtle and powerful potency. It is an insurmountable barrier to those who foolishly try to exploit the material creation.
Try this today
Look at your hair or nails and remember that unseen change is occurring through the Lord’s potency of time.
Ask yourself
Where do you act as though you can control what time will inevitably change?
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.