Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.5.33
Sarga· CreationThe Lord Creates Through His Energies
“Thus when all these became assembled by force of the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this universe certainly came into being by accepting both the primary and secondary causes of creation.”
What the purport teaches
- The universe comes into being when its parts are assembled by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He employs His energies; He does not Himself become transformed into material creation.
- Innumerable universes arise with the breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu in the Causal Ocean. He enters each universe as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and Brahmā is born on the lotus growing from His navel.
- Brahmā creates the different bodily forms within the universe according to different desires. The Lord remains the chief engineer, directing material nature in both the creation of universes and creation within each universe.
Try this today
Look at one moving and one nonmoving thing today, and remember that material nature produces both under the Lord's direction.
Ask yourself
How does recognizing the Lord as creation's chief engineer affect my view of material nature?
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.