Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.5.42
Āśraya· The supreme shelterAcknowledge the Supreme Lord’s Great Power
“Greed is generated from His lower lip, affection from His upper lip, bodily luster from His nose, animalistic lusty desires from His sense of touch, Yamarāja from His eyebrows, and eternal time from His eyelashes. May that Supreme Lord be pleased with us.”
What the purport teaches
- Greed comes from the Lord’s lower lip, and affection from His upper lip.
- Bodily luster comes from His nose, and animalistic lusty desires from His sense of touch.
- Yamarāja comes from His eyebrows, and eternal time from His eyelashes. The prayer asks the Supreme Lord to be pleased with us.
Try this today
Take a quiet moment today to acknowledge the Supreme Lord’s power and ask that He be pleased with you.
Ask yourself
What does this description of eternal time’s origin invite you to reflect on?
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.