Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.8
Visarga· Brahmā's creationThe Lord Appears by His Own Potency
“By His own potency, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has multifarious potencies, appeared in the form of a dwarf as Urukrama, the twelfth son of Aditi. In the womb of His wife, whose name was Kīrti, He begot one son, named Bṛhatśloka, who had many sons, headed by Saubhaga.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as the dwarf Urukrama, Aditi’s twelfth son. Through His wife Kīrti, He begot Bṛhatśloka, whose sons were headed by Saubhaga.
- The Lord is unborn, and His transcendental body never deteriorates. When He incarnates, He appears by His own potency without help from the external energy.
- The spiritual potency is also called māyā. Describing the Lord’s body as māyāmaya refers to His internal potency, not to a body formed from external energy.
Try this today
Pause today to remember this teaching: the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears by His own potency.
Ask yourself
Am I understanding the Lord’s appearance as an act of His own spiritual potency?
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.