Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.7.41
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Lord’s Potencies Have No Limit
“Neither I nor all the sages born before you know fully the omnipotent Personality of Godhead. So what can others, who are born after us, know about Him? Even the first incarnation of the Lord, namely Śeṣa, has not been able to reach the limit of such knowledge, although He is describing the qualities of the Lord with ten hundred faces.”
What the purport teaches
- The omnipotent Personality of Godhead has three primary potencies: internal, external and marginal.
- These three energies have unlimited expansions. No one can calculate their full extent.
- Even Śeṣa, the Lord’s own incarnation, has not reached their limit, though He continuously describes them with one thousand faces.
Try this today
Spend one minute reflecting on the Lord’s unlimited potencies and your limited understanding.
Ask yourself
Can you appreciate the Lord’s greatness without expecting to understand it completely?
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.