Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.14.37
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Lord Remains With Every Living Being
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead has created many residential places like the bodies of human beings, animals, birds, saints and demigods. In all of these innumerable bodily forms, the Lord resides with the living being as Paramātmā. Thus He is known as the puruṣāvatāra.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord has created many bodily forms and resides with the living being in each as Paramātmā. The body is like a machine made of material energy.
- The living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and exists by His mercy. According to the living entity’s desire for material enjoyment, the Lord supplies a suitable body.
- The Lord remains with the living being to sustain life in that body. The purport offers worship to Govinda, who enters every universe and every atom through His plenary portion.
Try this today
Pause today to thank the Lord for sustaining your life and remaining with you.
Ask yourself
How does remembering that the Lord is always with me awaken gratitude?
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.