Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.6.29
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesSee Through Scripture and Love
“My dear son, thereafter your nine brothers, who are the masters of living creatures, performed the sacrifice with proper rituals to satisfy both the manifested and nonmanifested personalities.”
What the purport teaches
- The demigods, such as Indra, control material affairs. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental, beyond the material atmosphere.
- Our eyes are not sufficiently qualified to see everything. Rather than disbelieving what we cannot see, we should learn to see through authentic scriptures.
- The Lord can be seen by qualified eyes tinged with the ointment of love of God. Mere insistence on seeing with ordinary eyes is not enough.
Try this today
Reread this verse and purport today, noting one truth that ordinary eyesight alone cannot reveal.
Ask yourself
Do I treat what my eyes can see as the only measure of what is real?
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.