Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.4.24
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Supersoul Is Our Unseen Friend
“As the sense objects [form, taste, touch, smell and sound] cannot understand how the senses perceive them, so the conditioned soul, although residing in his body along with the Supersoul, cannot understand how the supreme spiritual person, the master of the material creation, directs his senses. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto that Supreme Person, who is the supreme controller.”
What the purport teaches
- The individual soul and the Supreme Soul live together within the body. They are compared to two friendly birds in one tree, one eating and the other witnessing and directing.
- The conditioned soul has desires, and the Supreme Soul fulfills them. The Supersoul directs the workings of the senses, although the conditioned soul cannot see Him.
- Dakṣa offers obeisances to the Supersoul even though unable to see Him. The supreme friend within the body is invisible to material eyes.
Try this today
Pause once today and offer respectful obeisances to the supreme friend within your body.
Ask yourself
How might remembering the Supersoul's presence change my sense of being alone?
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.