Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.18.2
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Lord’s Form Is Transcendental
“He saw there the all-powerful Personality of Godhead in His boar incarnation, bearing the earth upward on the ends of His tusks and robbing him of his splendor with His reddish eyes. The demon laughed: Oh, an amphibious beast!”
What the purport teaches
- Varāha, the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, lifted the submerged earth with His tusks. Hiraṇyākṣa challenged Him and called Him a beast.
- Demons misunderstand the Lord’s incarnations as ordinary material bodies. They deride His descent even when He appears in human form.
- The Lord’s form is transcendental, not material like ours. The purport also affirms that Nityānanda Prabhu’s body is spiritual.
Try this today
Read the description of Varāha lifting the earth again, remembering that His form is spiritual.
Ask yourself
Am I trying to understand the Lord’s form, or judging it by ordinary appearances?
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.