Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.6.31
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Lord Directs His Material Energy
“All the material manifestations of the universes are therefore situated in His powerful material energies, which He accepts self-sufficiently, although He is eternally without affinity for the material modes.”
What the purport teaches
- Material actions and reactions are not the ultimate explanation of creation, maintenance and destruction. Material energy is a potency of the Lord and works under His direction.
- Although the Lord directs material activities, He remains transcendental to them. Fully complete in six opulences, He accomplishes everything through His wishes and direction.
- The entire material manifestation is situated in Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Brahmājī explains that an impersonal conception of the supreme truth arises from incomplete knowledge.
Try this today
Observe one material activity today and recall that material energy works under the Supreme Lord's direction.
Ask yourself
How does seeing material energy as the Lord's potency change my understanding of the world?
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.