Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.3
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is Beginningless and Present Everywhere
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Supreme Soul, and He has no beginning. He is transcendental to the material modes of nature and beyond the existence of this material world. He is perceivable everywhere because He is self-effulgent, and by His self-effulgent luster the entire creation is maintained.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without beginning and the beginning of everyone. He is the cause of all causes, beyond material nature and untouched by its modes.
- Our individual consciousness is experienced within our particular body, but the Supreme Lord is present everywhere by His energies. Both spiritual and material energies show His all-pervading presence.
- The Lord is self-effulgent, and the Brahman effulgence comes from His bodily luster. Although He remains in His own abode, His light is distributed throughout the spiritual and material worlds.
Try this today
When you see sunlight today, pause to recall the purport’s teaching that the Lord’s illumination extends everywhere while He remains in His own abode.
Ask yourself
How does the distinction between my limited consciousness and the Lord’s presence everywhere deepen my understanding of Him?
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.