Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.66
Sarga· CreationDeath and Indra Cannot Awaken Him
“The god of death entered His anus with the organ of defecation, but the virāṭ-puruṣa could not be spurred to activity. The god Indra entered the hands with their power of grasping and dropping things, but the virāṭ-puruṣa would not get up even then.”
What the purport teaches
- The god of death entered the anus of the virāṭ-puruṣa with the organ of defecation, but could not spur Him to activity.
- Indra entered His hands with their power of grasping and dropping things.
- Even with Indra’s entry, the virāṭ-puruṣa did not get up. Neither of these deities could awaken Him through the bodily functions they governed.
Try this today
Summarize the verse in one sentence, including both the deities’ efforts and their inability to awaken Him.
Ask yourself
What can I learn from the inability of these powerful deities to make the virāṭ-puruṣa rise?
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.