Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.62
Ūti· What drives us to actMany Living Entities Enter Separate Bodies
“After entering Diti’s womb, Indra, with the help of his thunderbolt, cut into seven pieces her embryo, which appeared like glowing gold. In seven places, seven different living beings began crying. Indra told them, “Do not cry,” and then he cut each of them into seven pieces again.”
What the purport teaches
- Indra cut the golden-looking embryo into seven pieces with his thunderbolt. As they cried, he said, “Do not cry,” and cut each into seven again.
- Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that Indra’s yogic power expanded the original body of one Marut into seven, and then into forty-nine.
- Other living entities entered the newly formed bodies. The purport compares this to plants that become separate entities when cut into parts and planted.
Try this today
Reread the plant comparison and write one sentence explaining it in your own words.
Ask yourself
How does the purport distinguish the newly formed bodies from the living entities entering 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.