Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 5.104
Viṣṇu Maintains Without Material Influence
“And as Lord Viṣṇu He maintains the entire world. Lord Viṣṇu, being beyond all material attributes, has no touch with the material qualities.”
What the purport teaches
- As Lord Viṣṇu, He maintains the entire world. Though He presides over the material quality of goodness, He is never affected by it.
- He directs the quality of goodness simply by His supreme will. All living entities can derive all good fortune from the Lord simply by His will.
- The same Viṣṇu expands Himself as Brahmā and Śiva to direct the different qualities.
Try this today
Write a brief reminder today: Lord Viṣṇu directs material goodness but is never affected by it.
Ask yourself
How is directing the quality of goodness different from being affected by it?
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.