Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 5.86
The Controller Is Never Controlled
“Although He is thus connected with the material energy in two ways, He does not have the slightest contact with it.”
What the purport teaches
- Viṣṇu supervises material nature, and this connection with its qualities is called yoga. Yet He remains beyond the material qualities.
- A person who directs a prison is not also a prisoner. Similarly, the Lord’s supervision of material nature does not place Him under its modes.
- The expansions of Lord Viṣṇu always retain their supremacy. Lord Viṣṇu controls the three qualities and never comes under their control.
Try this today
Write one sentence distinguishing the Lord’s control of material nature from being controlled by it.
Ask yourself
How does the prison director example clarify the Lord’s relationship with material nature?
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.