Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.24.32
Nirodha· Winding upHear the Lord’s Warning
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O King, who can subdue your enemies, on the seventh day from today the three worlds — Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ — will all merge into the water of inundation.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead tells the King what will happen on the seventh day from that day.
- The three worlds—Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ—will all merge into the water of inundation.
- The Lord addresses the King as one who can subdue his enemies, yet announces a devastation encompassing all three worlds.
Try this today
Read the Lord’s announcement slowly, noticing both its timing and its extent.
Ask yourself
How attentively do I receive the Supreme Lord’s words?
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.