Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.7.28
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesNature and Vedic Wisdom in the Lord
“O lord, you are the three Vedas personified. The seven seas are your abdomen, and the mountains are your bones. All drugs, creepers and vegetables are the hairs on your body, the Vedic mantras like Gāyatrī are the seven layers of your body, and the Vedic religious system is the core of your heart.”
What the purport teaches
- The prayer addresses the lord as the three Vedas personified. The seven seas are his abdomen, and the mountains are his bones.
- All drugs, creepers and vegetables are described as the hairs on his body.
- Vedic mantras such as Gāyatrī are the seven layers of his body. The Vedic religious system is the core of his heart.
Try this today
Notice a plant today and recall how this prayer includes plants in its reverent description of the lord.
Ask yourself
What does placing the Vedic religious system at the core of the lord’s heart suggest to you?
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.