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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.20.11

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Asking How Creation Was Carried Out

“Did they evolve the creation in conjunction with their respective wives, did they remain independent in their action, or did they all jointly produce it?”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.11, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The question asks whether they carried out creation with their respective wives.
  • It also asks whether they acted independently.
  • A third possibility is that they all joined together to produce the creation. The verse asks about these possibilities without yet answering.

Try this today

Write down one clear question you have about how creation was carried out.

Ask yourself

How can carefully considering different possibilities help me ask clearer questions?

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.

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