Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.30.42
Āśraya· The supreme shelterVāsudeva Lives Everywhere, Yet Remains Pure
“Dear Lord, You have no enemies or friends. Therefore You are equal to everyone. You cannot be contaminated by sinful activities, and Your transcendental form is always beyond the material creation. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead because You remain everywhere within all existence. You are consequently known as Vāsudeva. We offer You our respectful obeisances.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is called Vāsudeva because He lives everywhere. He enters every universe, every living being’s heart and every atom.
- Although the Lord lives within the material world, the modes of material nature never contaminate Him. He is equal to everyone, having no one as His enemy or favored friend.
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has a transcendental form. We should not think that His body is material like ours.
Try this today
Offer respectful obeisances to Vāsudeva today, remembering that He is present everywhere and always pure.
Ask yourself
How might remembering the Lord’s presence in every heart change the way I regard others?
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.