Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.12.44
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Supreme Person Is Beyond Time
“When I finished performing mystic yoga for one thousand years, you asked me upon whom I was meditating. Now, here is that Supreme Person to whom time has no entrance and who the Vedas cannot understand.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Śiva identifies the Supreme Person as the one upon whom he had meditated during one thousand years of mystic yoga.
- Eternal time enters anywhere and everywhere, but it cannot enter the kingdom of God.
- Even the Vedas cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The purport explains that this indicates His being all-powerful, present everywhere, and all-knowing.
Try this today
Spend one quiet minute remembering the Supreme Person as beyond time, all-powerful, and all-knowing.
Ask yourself
How does the Lord’s freedom from time deepen my reverence for Him?
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.