Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.9.30
Āśraya· The supreme shelterEverything Rests in Kṛṣṇa’s Energy
“My dear Lord, You alone manifest Yourself as the entire cosmic manifestation, for You existed before the creation, You exist after the annihilation, and You are the maintainer between the beginning and the end. All this is done by Your external energy through actions and reactions of the three modes of material nature. Therefore whatever exists — externally and internally — is You alone.”
What the purport teaches
- Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, creates through His external energy and enters every universe and atomic particle. He exists before creation, maintains it, and remains after annihilation.
- Everything rests in the Lord, yet He exists separately, beyond creation, maintenance and annihilation. His activities in maintaining His devotees are transcendental, not material.
- Both material and spiritual energies belong to the Supreme Lord; without Kṛṣṇa, nothing can exist. The energy in which His all-pervasiveness is not realized is called material.
Try this today
Choose one ordinary object you use today, reflect that it exists through the Lord’s energy, and use it in a small act of devotional service.
Ask yourself
How might remembering that everything rests in Kṛṣṇa change my attitude toward what I use each day?
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.