Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.19
Sarga· CreationLife Comes From the Supreme Lord
“After the Supreme Personality of Godhead impregnates material nature with His internal potency, material nature delivers the sum total of the cosmic intelligence, which is known as Hiraṇmaya. This takes place in material nature when she is agitated by the destinations of the conditioned souls.”
What the purport teaches
- When the Supreme Personality of Godhead impregnates material nature with His internal potency, she delivers the cosmic intelligence known as Hiraṇmaya. The mahat-tattva is the source of material varieties.
- Living entities belong to the Lord's spiritual, marginal potency. Material nature supplies their different bodies, but their living force is spiritual.
- Material nature is the mother, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the seed-giving father. Life does not arise from the interaction of material elements.
Try this today
When you notice a person or animal today, remember that its body comes from material nature but its living force comes from the Supreme Lord.
Ask yourself
How might seeing living beings as spiritual change the way I regard their different bodies?
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.