Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.43
Sarga· CreationWater Sustains, Refreshes and Binds Substances
“The characteristics of water are exhibited by its moistening other substances, coagulating various mixtures, causing satisfaction, maintaining life, softening things, driving away heat, incessantly supplying itself to reservoirs of water, and refreshing by slaking thirst.”
What the purport teaches
- Water maintains life, brings satisfaction and refreshes by slaking thirst. The purport cites the Vedic statement, “Life depends on water.”
- Water moistens, softens and binds substances together. Flour becomes dough with water, and earth mixed with water becomes mud.
- Water drives away heat and continually supplies reservoirs. The purport emphasizes its prominent role among the exchanging elements of material manifestation.
Try this today
When drinking water today, pause to notice how it refreshes you and relieves thirst.
Ask yourself
Which of water’s sustaining functions do you most often take for granted?
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.