Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.20.41
Sthāna· The universe in orderThe Lord Personally Maintains His Worlds
“The various forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such as Nārāyaṇa and Viṣṇu, are beautifully decorated with different weapons. The Lord exhibits those forms to maintain all the varied planets created by His personal potency, yoga-māyā.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord exhibits forms such as Nārāyaṇa and Viṣṇu, beautifully decorated with weapons, to maintain the varied planets.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa explains that He appears by His internal potency. This personal potency, called yoga-māyā, creates both the material and spiritual worlds.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead maintains these worlds through His expansions in different categories as the Viṣṇu mūrtis and the demigods. He maintains the material creation from beginning to end and personally maintains the spiritual world.
Try this today
Spend a quiet minute remembering Kṛṣṇa as the Lord who personally maintains His worlds.
Ask yourself
How does remembering the Lord’s constant maintenance deepen my appreciation of Him?
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.