Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.5.22
Sarga· CreationCreation Displays the Lord’s Potency
“I shall therefore describe to you the pastimes by which the Personality of Godhead extends His transcendental potency for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic world as they occur one after another.”
What the purport teaches
- Maitreya offers to describe the Personality of Godhead’s pastimes systematically. These include the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic world.
- The omnipotent Lord can perform anything and everything He likes through His different energies.
- The cosmic creation is brought about by His yoga-māyā energy. It displays the extension of His transcendental potency.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly, noting creation, maintenance and dissolution as activities of the Lord’s potency.
Ask yourself
How does understanding creation as the Lord’s activity change the way I view the world?
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.