Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.6.25
Sarga· CreationFalse Ego Is Not Supreme Identity
“Thereafter the materialistic ego of the gigantic form separately manifested itself, and into it entered Rudra, the controller of false ego, with his own partial activities, by which the living entity transacts his objective actions.”
What the purport teaches
- Rudra, an incarnation of Lord Śiva, controls the false ego of materialistic identity. He is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord who controls the mode of ignorance within material nature.
- The activities of false ego are based on the objectives of the body and mind. Most persons conducted by false ego are controlled by Lord Śiva.
- Falsely thinking oneself to be the Supreme Lord is a finer form of ignorance. This egoistic conviction is the conditioned soul's last snare of the illusory energy.
Try this today
Write down one bodily or mental aim you strongly identify with, and reflect that such identification is not supreme identity.
Ask yourself
Where do I notice my sense of identity becoming absorbed in the aims of the body and mind?
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.