Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.108
The Supreme Lord Shelters All Creation
“My dear sir, in Your previous birth You were the shelter of all creation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full of all opulences.
What the purport teaches
- The speaker respectfully addresses the Lord as “My dear sir.”
- He identifies the Lord in His previous birth as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the shelter of all creation.
- He describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as full of all opulences.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly and reflect for a moment on the words “the shelter of all creation.”
Ask yourself
What does it mean to you that the Supreme Lord is the shelter of all creation?
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.