Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.9.4
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionBhakti-yoga Reveals the Lord’s Eternal Form
“O King, the Personality of Godhead, being very much pleased with Lord Brahmā because of his nondeceptive penance in bhakti-yoga, presented His eternal and transcendental form before Brahmā. And that is the objective goal for purifying the conditioned soul.”
What the purport teaches
- Bhakti-yoga removes two misconceptions: identifying the soul with the material body and placing the Supreme Lord on an equal level with the living entity. Like sunlight, it allows both the Lord and the self to be properly understood.
- Pleased with Brahmā’s nondeceptive practice of bhakti-yoga, the Lord revealed His transcendental form. That form is sac-cid-ānanda—eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss—not a material form.
- Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam teaches the science of both the Lord and the living entity. Regular reading or hearing of it is itself bhakti-yoga and can lead to the highest perfection.
Try this today
Read this verse aloud today, then spend a moment reflecting on the Lord’s eternal form of knowledge and bliss.
Ask yourself
Am I approaching devotional service with a sincere desire to know and serve the Lord?
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.