Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.8.12
Sarga· CreationTemporary Gain Can Deepen Material Bondage
“The Lord lay down for a thousand cycles of four yugas in His internal potency, and by His external energy He appeared to be sleeping within the water. When the living entities were coming out for further development of their fruitive activities, actuated by the energy called kāla-śakti, He saw His transcendental body as bluish.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord rested in His internal potency for a thousand cycles of four yugas. Through His external energy, He appeared to be sleeping within the water.
- The influence of kāla-śakti is seen in working for fruitive results. Such work seeks temporary benefit while keeping the living entity in material bondage.
- A person may risk sinful activities to leave wealth for his children, thinking himself clever. The purport explains that this polluted mentality and material sin keep one bound.
Try this today
Review one financial ambition today and identify any harmful action you should refuse in pursuing it.
Ask yourself
Am I treating a temporary gain as worth compromising my conduct?
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.