Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.6.4
Sarga· CreationThe Lord Is the Source of Auspiciousness
“His bodily surface is the breeding ground for the active principles of everything and for all kinds of auspicious opportunities. His skin, like the moving air, is the generating center for all kinds of sense of touch and is the place for performing all kinds of sacrifice.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s bodily surface is the field of production for the active principles of everything and all auspicious opportunities.
- His skin, like the moving air, generates the sense of touch and is the place for performing sacrifices.
- Air is the moving agent of all the planets. Sacrifices, which enable promotion to deserving planets, have their generating centers in the Lord’s bodily surface.
Try this today
Recall one favorable opportunity you have today and acknowledge the Lord as the source of auspicious opportunities.
Ask yourself
How might you remember the Lord when an auspicious opportunity comes?
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.