Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.24.11
Sthāna· The universe in orderLife Without Days and Nights
“Since there is no sunshine in those subterranean planets, time is not divided into days and nights, and consequently fear produced by time does not exist.”
What the purport teaches
- There is no sunshine in the subterranean planets described here.
- Time there is not divided into days and nights.
- Consequently, the residents do not experience the fear produced by these divisions of time.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly and note its connection between sunshine, divisions of time, and fear.
Ask yourself
How does the passing of days and nights affect your sense of fear?
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.