Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.67
Sarga· CreationMovement and Circulation Alone Are Not Enough
“Lord Viṣṇu entered His feet with the faculty of locomotion, but the virāṭ-puruṣa refused to stand up even then. The rivers entered His blood vessels with the blood and the power of circulation, but still the Cosmic Being could not be made to stir.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Viṣṇu entered the feet of the virāṭ-puruṣa with the faculty of locomotion. Even then, the virāṭ-puruṣa did not stand up.
- The rivers entered His blood vessels with the blood and the power of circulation. Still, the Cosmic Being did not stir.
- Neither the faculty of movement nor the power of circulation was sufficient to make the Cosmic Being rise.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly once, noticing that both movement and circulation were present, yet the Cosmic Being remained still.
Ask yourself
What does the Cosmic Being’s remaining still teach me about the limits of these bodily powers?
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.