Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.25.9
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Lord Illuminates Spiritual Reality
“You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin and Supreme Lord of all living entities. You have arisen to disseminate the rays of the sun in order to dissipate the darkness of the ignorance of the universe.”
What the purport teaches
- Kapila Muni is a direct expansion of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the origin and Supreme Lord of all living entities.
- Kṛṣṇa is the sun of spiritual knowledge. As sunlight removes darkness, the Lord’s light removes the darkness of māyā.
- Eyes cannot see without light. Similarly, without the light of the Supreme Lord or the grace of the spiritual master, we cannot see things as they are.
Try this today
Before studying today, pause and ask the Lord for the light to understand things as they are.
Ask yourself
Where do I need the Lord’s spiritual light rather than relying only on my own perception?
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.