Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.5.29
Sarga· CreationOur True Position Is Loving Service
“Mahat-tattva, or the great causal truth, transforms into false ego, which is manifested in three phases — cause, effect and the doer. All such activities are on the mental plane and are based on the material elements, gross senses and mental speculation. The false ego is represented in three different modes — goodness, passion and ignorance.”
What the purport teaches
- In pure consciousness, the living entity knows himself as an eternal servitor of the Lord. Eternally liberated souls live in bliss and knowledge and have nothing to do with material creation.
- False ego is the spirit of false lordship, or unwillingness to accept subordination to the Supreme Lord. It appears in goodness, passion and ignorance through ideas of being God, ruling material nature or identifying with the body.
- The Lord kindly offers help through Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Through these scriptures, we can understand the science of Kṛṣṇa and make life successful in loving service to the Supreme Lord.
Try this today
Read a short passage from Bhagavad-gītā or Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam today with the intention of understanding your position as the Lord’s servant.
Ask yourself
Where do I notice a wish to be the lord rather than a servant of 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.