Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.25.6
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionThe Lord’s Restraint Gives Us Another Chance
“Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa is the ocean of unlimited spiritual qualities, and thus He is known as Anantadeva. He is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For the welfare of all living entities within this material world, He resides in His abode, restraining His anger and intolerance.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa is an ocean of unlimited spiritual qualities and is therefore known as Anantadeva. He is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The material world gives conditioned souls another chance to go back home, back to Godhead. Yet many return to their old desire to lord it over the world.
- Although His mission is to dissolve the material creation, Anantadeva kindly restrains His anger for our welfare. Only at certain times does He destroy the material world.
Try this today
Pause once today when you want to control a situation, and remember the Lord’s kindness in giving you another chance to return to Him.
Ask yourself
How can I use the opportunity given by the Lord’s kindness rather than trying to control everything?
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.