Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.6.3
Sarga· CreationSeeing and Hearing Originate in the Lord
“His eyes are the generating centers of all kinds of forms, and they glitter and illuminate. His eyeballs are like the sun and the heavenly planets. His ears hear from all sides and are receptacles for all the Vedas, and His sense of hearing is the generating center of the sky and of all kinds of sound.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s eyes generate all kinds of forms and are illuminating. His eyeballs are like the sun and the heavenly planets.
- His ears hear from all sides and receive all the Vedas. His sense of hearing generates the sky and all kinds of sound.
- Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains tīrthānām here as the reception of Vedic transcendental knowledge. Those who teach Vedic knowledge are also known as tīrthas.
Try this today
Read this translation aloud slowly, listening carefully to its description of the Lord.
Ask yourself
How could you give more attention to receiving transcendental knowledge through hearing?
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.