Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.65
Sarga· CreationFurther Bodily Faculties Cannot Awaken Him
“The predominating deities of the skin, herbs and seasoning plants entered the skin of the virāṭ-puruṣa with the hair of the body, but the Cosmic Being refused to get up even then. The god predominating over water entered His organ of generation with the faculty of procreation, but the virāṭ-puruṣa still would not rise.”
What the purport teaches
- The predominating deities of the skin, herbs, and seasoning plants entered the skin of the virāṭ-puruṣa with the body’s hair.
- The god presiding over water entered His organ of generation with the faculty of procreation.
- The Cosmic Being did not rise after either entry. These bodily faculties and their presiding deities still could not awaken Him.
Try this today
Pause over each statement that the virāṭ-puruṣa did not rise, and reflect briefly on the limits shown here.
Ask yourself
How does the repeated statement that He did not rise shape my understanding of these bodily faculties?
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.