Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.20.10
Visarga· Brahmā's creationInquire How Creation Followed Brahmā’s Instructions
“Vidura inquired: How did the Prajāpatis [such progenitors of living entities as Marīci and Svāyambhuva Manu] create according to the instruction of Brahmā, and how did they evolve this manifested universe?”
What the purport teaches
- Vidura asks about the work of the Prajāpatis, the progenitors of living entities.
- His inquiry includes Marīci and Svāyambhuva Manu and asks how they created according to Brahmā’s instruction.
- Vidura wants to understand how their work brought about the manifested universe.
Try this today
Write one clear question you would like to understand about how the Prajāpatis carried out Brahmā’s instructions.
Ask yourself
Does my curiosity lead me to ask clear questions, as Vidura does here?
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.