Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.5.26
Sarga· CreationLiving Beings Come From the Lord
“The Supreme Living Being in His feature as the transcendental puruṣa incarnation, who is the Lord’s plenary expansion, impregnates the material nature of three modes, and thus by the influence of eternal time the living entities appear.”
What the purport teaches
- Material nature cannot produce living entities independently. Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu supplies them simply by His glance over her.
- The Lord’s action should not be understood as ordinary sexual activity. He is all-potent, and every part of His transcendental body can perform every function.
- Living entities are spiritual, not products of matter, and cannot find true happiness apart from spiritual life with the Lord. The Vedic process reminds them of this forgotten condition.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes of material enjoyment today for attentive spiritual study.
Ask yourself
Where am I seeking happiness while forgetting my spiritual nature and relationship with 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.