Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.10.9
Sthāna· The universe in orderDevotional Service Is the Basis of Exaltation
“Lord Brahmā is the most exalted personality in the universe because of his causeless devotional service unto the Lord in mature transcendental knowledge. He therefore created all the fourteen planetary divisions for inhabitation by the different types of living entities.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā is the most exalted personality in the universe because of his causeless devotional service in mature transcendental knowledge. He creates fourteen planetary divisions for different living entities.
- The Supreme Lord is the reservoir of all the living entities’ qualities. As His parts and parcels, they reflect different proportions of those qualities and inhabit different species and planets.
- The higher planets described here do not dissolve in the devastating water because of their inhabitants’ causeless devotional service. Their existence continues until the end of dvi-parārdha, when they are generally liberated from material birth and death.
Try this today
Perform one small act of devotional service today without seeking recognition or a material reward.
Ask yourself
How does this verse help you value devotional service above material position?
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.