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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.10.1

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Inquiring About Brahmā’s Work of Creation

“Śrī Vidura said: O great sage, please let me know how Brahmā, the grandfather of the planetary inhabitants, created the bodies of the living entities from his own body and mind after the disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.1, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Vidura respectfully asks the great sage how Brahmā created the bodies of living entities.
  • Brahmā is described as the grandfather of the planetary inhabitants. His work of creation involved his own body and mind.
  • Vidura asks about creation after the disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Try this today

Write down one question you have about the creation described in this verse.

Ask yourself

What would you like to understand more clearly about Brahmā’s work of creation?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

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