Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.11.19
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Supreme Lord Remains Undiminished
“My dear Dhruva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is ever existing, but in the form of time He is the killer of everything. He has no beginning, although He is the beginning of everything, nor is He ever exhaustible, although everything is exhausted in due course of time. The living entities are created through the agency of the father and killed through the agency of death, but He is perpetually free of birth and death.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead has neither beginning nor end. In the form of time He takes everything away, yet He remains free from birth and death.
- Creation, maintenance and annihilation occur repeatedly without diminishing the Lord’s power. Like a touchstone producing jewels, He remains unchanged by what comes from Him.
- Devotees direct their interest toward the original creator, maintainer and annihilator rather than the world’s fleeting history. This is the purpose of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes today to reread this verse and reflect on the Lord’s enduring, undiminished power.
Ask yourself
How much of my attention goes to fleeting events, and how much to the eternal Supreme 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.