Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.5.34
Sarga· CreationThe Lord Gives Life to Each Universe
“Thus all the universes remained thousands of aeons within the water [the Causal Ocean], and the Lord of living beings, entering in each of them, caused them to be fully animated.”
What the purport teaches
- After the universes remained in the Causal Ocean for thousands of aeons, the Lord entered each one and caused it to be animated. He is the leader of all living entities.
- The Lord and the living entities are related like father and sons: qualitatively equal, yet distinct. Material nature acts as the mother, while the Lord is the father.
- After annihilation, living entities remain merged within the Lord's body; after creation, they are placed again within material energy. Their activities resume under time and energy, but the Lord is ultimately the cause of all animation.
Try this today
Observe a living being today and quietly remember the Lord as its father and the ultimate cause of its animation.
Ask yourself
What changes in my outlook when I see other living beings as sons of the same divine father?
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.