Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.21.20
Āśraya· The supreme shelterHuman Effort Cannot Supersede the Supreme Lord
“O Daityas, by human efforts no one can supersede the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can bring happiness and distress to all living entities.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead can bring happiness and distress to all living entities.
- No one can supersede Him by human efforts.
- Bali Mahārāja asked the Daityas to recognize this limit of their own power.
Try this today
Before one task today, acknowledge that your effort cannot supersede the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
Where am I treating my own effort as though it could control every outcome?
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.