Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 16.81
Accepting the Lord’s Inconceivable Potency
“In this birth of the Ganges by the inconceivable potency of the Lord, there is no contradiction although it appears contradictory.
What the purport teaches
- The central point of all Vaiṣṇava philosophy is to accept the inconceivable potency of Lord Viṣṇu.
- What appears contradictory from a material viewpoint can be understood in connection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By His inconceivable potencies, the birth of the Ganges involves no contradiction.
- The purport challenges the thesis that life comes from matter. It argues that explaining water as hydrogen and oxygen does not explain their vast supply or how they combined to form the oceans.
Try this today
Reread the translation and pause to consider the distinction between an apparent contradiction and the Lord’s inconceivable potency.
Ask yourself
How might accepting the Lord’s inconceivable potency change my response to something I cannot explain?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.