Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.6.1
Sarga· CreationPurify the Senses Through Devotional Service
“Lord Brahmā said: The mouth of the virāṭ-puruṣa [the universal form of the Lord] is the generating center of the voice, and the controlling deity is Fire. His skin and six other layers are the generating centers of the Vedic hymns, and His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s mouth, bodily layers and tongue are generating centers of voice, Vedic hymns and foodstuffs. Our senses and their activities originate in the Lord’s reservoir of senses.
- Spiritual life is not an impersonal void. Its activities are pure because the living entities engage in unalloyed loving service of the Lord.
- Our present activities can be purified through devotional service. By turning material attachments toward service of the Lord, freedom from material attachment begins.
Try this today
Read one sentence of this translation aloud, consciously using your voice in service of the Lord.
Ask yourself
Which activity could you turn from service based on material attachment toward loving service of the Lord?
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.