Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.5.11
Visarga· Brahmā's creationKṛṣṇa Is the Ultimate Cause of Creation
“I create after the Lord’s creation by His personal effulgence [known as the brahmajyoti], just as when the sun manifests its fire, the moon, the firmament, the influential planets and the twinkling stars also manifest their brightness.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmājī creates the varieties of the universe only after the Lord’s creation. Like a gardener, he helps seeds develop but cannot create the seeds.
- The brahmajyoti is the effulgence of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body. It makes creation possible but is neither independent nor self-sufficient.
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, creates through His potencies. Brahmājī therefore worships Govinda as the primeval Lord and ultimate cause.
Try this today
Notice one growing plant today and remember that its original creative potency comes from the Lord.
Ask yourself
How does Brahmājī’s example help me recognize the source of my own abilities?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.