Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.10.30
Visarga· Brahmā's creationCreation Depends on the Supreme Lord’s Energy
“Now I shall describe the descendants of the Manus. The creator, Brahmā, as the incarnation of the passion mode of the Personality of Godhead, creates the universal affairs with unfailing desires in every millennium by the force of the Lord’s energy.”
What the purport teaches
- The speaker announces that the descendants of the Manus will be described next. Brahmā creates universal affairs in every millennium as the incarnation of the Personality of Godhead’s mode of passion.
- Brahmā’s creative desires are unfailing through the force of the Lord’s energy. His work depends on that energy.
- The cosmic manifestation expands from one of the many energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Both the creator and the created emanate from the same Supreme Truth.
Try this today
Pause today while looking at something in creation and remember that both the creator and the created come from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
How does recognizing the Supreme Lord as the source change my view of the creator and the creation?
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.