Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.4.8
Sthāna· The universe in orderThe Supreme Lord Provides Food for All
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Hari, is the master of all living entities, including all the prajāpatis, such as Lord Brahmā. Because He is the all-pervading and indestructible master, He has created all these trees and vegetables as eatables for other living entities.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the master of all living entities, including Lord Brahmā and the other prajāpatis.
- The all-pervading, indestructible Lord created trees and vegetables to provide food for other living entities.
- Soma reminds the Pracetās that destroying this vegetation would make their own subjects suffer. Trees are also needed for food.
Try this today
Before one meal today, pause to acknowledge Śrī Hari as the provider of the vegetation that nourishes living beings.
Ask yourself
How does seeing food as the Lord’s provision affect the way you treat it?
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.