Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.29.45
Nirodha· Winding upTime Ends Material Life, Not Devotional Service
“The eternal time factor has no beginning and no end. It is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the maker of the criminal world. It brings about the end of the phenomenal world, it carries on the work of creation by bringing one individual into existence from another, and likewise it dissolves the universe by destroying even the lord of death, Yamarāja.”
What the purport teaches
- Eternal time has no beginning or end and represents the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By its influence, one person brings another into existence, and death ends their lives.
- Even Yamarāja, the lord of death, is destroyed by time. Although the demigods may live for millions and billions of years, no one can live eternally within this material world.
- The material world is created, maintained and destroyed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s finger signal. A devotee therefore desires only to serve Him: the Lord, His servant and devotional service all exist eternally.
Try this today
Today, pause over one material desire and offer a simple prayer asking to desire service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead instead.
Ask yourself
How can remembering that material life is temporary help me desire devotional service more deeply?
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.