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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.6.15

Sarga· Creation

Vision Depends on the Lord's Arrangement

“Thereafter, the two eyes of the gigantic form of the Lord were separately manifested. The sun, the director of light, entered them with the partial representation of eyesight, and thus the living entities can have vision of forms.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.6.15, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The two eyes of the Lord's gigantic form were separately manifested.
  • The sun, the director of light, entered those eyes with the partial representation of eyesight.
  • Through this arrangement, living entities can see forms.

Try this today

Look at one visible form today and pause to appreciate the ability to see it.

Ask yourself

What changes when I remember that my ability to see depends on the Lord's arrangement?

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.

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