Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.13.45
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionSeek Mercy Rather Than Speculation
“O Lord, there is no limit to Your wonderful activities. Anyone who desires to know the limit of Your activities is certainly nonsensical. Everyone in this world is conditioned by the powerful mystic potencies. Please bestow Your causeless mercy upon these conditioned souls.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s activities are unlimited, so mental speculation cannot discover their limit. Those who attempt this remain captivated by His external potencies.
- The best course is to surrender to the Lord, knowing Him to be inconceivable. In this way one can receive His causeless mercy.
- Those in the spiritual world are absorbed in loving service, while those in the material world are absorbed in sense gratification. The sages ask for the blessing of causeless devotional service rather than unnecessary speculation.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer asking the Lord for mercy and the blessing of devotional service.
Ask yourself
How can I turn my desire to understand everything into a sincere desire to 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.