Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.20
Sarga· CreationManifestation Emerges From Dormant Energy
“Thus, after manifesting variegatedness, the effulgent mahat-tattva, which contains all the universes within itself, which is the root of all cosmic manifestations and which is not destroyed at the time of annihilation, swallows the darkness that covered the effulgence at the time of dissolution.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is ever existing, all-blissful and full of knowledge. His different energies also continue to exist in a dormant state.
- The mahat-tattva contains all the universes and is the root of cosmic manifestations. When it appears, it manifests material ego and dispels the darkness of dissolution.
- The purport compares this manifestation to waking after the darkness of night. As the covering of sleep disappears, the world's varieties become visible again.
Try this today
Reread the waking-and-sleeping comparison and write one sentence explaining how the Lord's energies can remain dormant.
Ask yourself
How does the example of waking help me understand manifestation after dissolution?
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.