Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.5.24
Sarga· CreationCreation Offers a Chance to Return
“The Lord, the undisputed proprietor of everything, was the only seer. The cosmic manifestation was not present at that time, and thus He felt imperfect without His plenary and separated parts and parcels. The material energy was dormant, whereas the internal potency was manifested.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord is the supreme seer, whose glance activates material energy. His feeling of insufficiency is expressed through a poetic comparison, not as an ordinary material limitation.
- The Lord creates out of kindness toward conditioned souls dormant in forgetfulness. The main purpose of the cosmic manifestation is to give them another chance to return to Godhead.
- The whole process aims to awaken conditioned souls to spiritual consciousness. The Lord wants His parts and parcels to share in His eternal spiritual bliss.
Try this today
Spend two quiet minutes remembering that this life offers a chance to return to Godhead.
Ask yourself
Am I using my present opportunity to awaken spiritually and return to the Lord?
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.