Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.5.37
Āśraya· The supreme shelterOur Vital Force Comes From the Lord
“All living entities, moving and nonmoving, receive their vital force, their bodily strength and their very lives from the air. All of us follow the air for our vital force, exactly as servants follow an emperor. The vital force of air is generated from the original vital force of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. May that Supreme Lord be pleased with us.”
What the purport teaches
- All living entities, moving and nonmoving, receive vital force, bodily strength, and life from the air.
- Living entities depend on air as servants follow an emperor.
- The vital force of air comes from the original vital force of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The prayer asks that He be pleased with us.
Try this today
Pause for one natural breath today and remember the Supreme Lord as the original source of vital force.
Ask yourself
What does my dependence on air teach me about my dependence on the Lord?
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.