Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.16.20
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Lord Is Beyond Material Disturbance
“Perceiving Your personal bliss, You are always transcendental to the waves of material nature. Therefore, my Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. You are the supreme controller of the senses, and Your expansions of form are unlimited. You are the greatest, and therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord’s body is spiritual, and He derives bliss from Himself. The conditioned soul, having a material body, experiences bodily and mental troubles.
- The Lord is the supreme master of the senses and is free from material dualities. The conditioned soul is controlled by the senses and disturbed by attachment and detachment.
- The Lord’s bodily expansions are unlimited and have no beginning or end. Unlike the conditioned soul, He remains transcendental to all material actions and reactions.
Try this today
When a sense demand distracts you today, pause and offer respectful obeisances to the Lord as the supreme controller of the senses.
Ask yourself
How does recognizing the Lord as master of the senses change my view of my own limitations?
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.