Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.24.63
Sarga· CreationKṛṣṇa Is the Cause of All Causes
“My dear Lord, You are the only Supreme Person, the cause of all causes. Before the creation of this material world, Your material energy remains in a dormant condition. When Your material energy is agitated, the three qualities — namely goodness, passion and ignorance — act, and as a result the total material energy — egotism, ether, air, fire, water, earth and all the various demigods and saintly persons — becomes manifest. Thus the material world is created.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the source of all spiritual and material worlds. The spiritual world exists eternally; creation refers to the material world.
- The Lord’s glance activates His dormant material energy and sets the three material qualities into motion. The material creation gives living entities who want to imitate the Lord an opportunity to pursue enjoyment.
- Material existence means forgetfulness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those who understand that everything comes from Kṛṣṇa engage in His devotional service and worship Him with all their hearts.
Try this today
Pause before one activity today, remember that everything comes from Kṛṣṇa, and offer that activity as service to Him.
Ask yourself
How might remembering Kṛṣṇa as the source of everything change my desire to enjoy independently?
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.