Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.6.17
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Radiation
“The sun illuminates both internally and externally by expanding its radiation; similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His universal form, maintains everything in the creation both internally and externally.”
What the purport teaches
- As sunshine rests upon the sun, the impersonal brahmajyoti rests upon Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His primary form is Śyāmasundara, with two hands, playing His eternal flute.
- Seventy-five percent of the Lord’s expansive radiation is manifested in the spiritual sky as His internal energy. Twenty-five percent comprises the material universes as His external energy.
- Living entities are His marginal energy, or taṭasthā-śakti, and may live in either expansion. Those in the spiritual expansion are liberated, and they are far more numerous than the conditioned souls.
Try this today
When you see daylight today, recall the sun-and-sunshine comparison and remember Kṛṣṇa as the source of the brahmajyoti.
Ask yourself
How does the comparison with sunshine help me understand the personal source of the Lord’s impersonal radiance?
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.