Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.6.39
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesAppreciate the Lord’s Inconceivable Potency
“The wonderful potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is bewildering even to the jugglers. That potency is unknown even to the self-sufficient Lord, so it is certainly unknown to others.”
What the purport teaches
- The potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead bewilders even worldly jugglers and magicians. Nothing is impossible for the Supreme Omnipotent Person.
- Faithful devotees appreciate the Lord’s wonderful activities rather than try to calculate His unlimited potency. Such appreciation frees them from material bondage.
- A small banyan fruit contains thousands of seeds, each holding the potency of another tree. Trees and seeds thus engage devotees in meditation on the Lord’s activities.
Try this today
Look at a tree or seed today and spend a moment appreciating the Lord’s potency expressed through it.
Ask yourself
What can a tree or seed help me appreciate about the Lord’s wonderful potency?
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.