Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.7.45
Āśraya· The supreme shelterEverything Is Kṛṣṇa and His Energy
“The brāhmaṇas said: Dear Lord, You are sacrifice personified. You are the offering of clarified butter, You are the fire, You are the chanting of Vedic hymns by which the sacrifice is conducted, You are the fuel, You are the flame, You are the kuśa grass, and You are the sacrificial pots. You are the priests who perform the yajña, You are the demigods headed by Indra, and You are the sacrificial animal. Everything that is sacrificed is You or Your energy.”
What the purport teaches
- Everything in the material and spiritual worlds is a manifestation of energies from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is the sacrifice, its offerings and its utensils.
- Chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa performs all kinds of yajña in this age. There is no need to arrange elaborate sacrificial materials.
- Kṛṣṇa retains His personal identity while His energies spread throughout creation. He and His energies are simultaneously one and different.
Try this today
Chant once attentively: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
Ask yourself
How could seeing things as Kṛṣṇa’s energy change the way you use them?
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.