Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.274
Life Comes From the Supreme Lord
“ ‘At a time beyond memory, after agitating the material nature into three qualities, the Supreme Personality of Godhead placed the semen of innumerable living entities within the womb of that material nature. Thus material nature gave birth to the total material energy, known as the hiraṇmaya-mahat-tattva, the original symbolic representation of the cosmic manifestation.’
What the purport teaches
- The Lord agitated material nature into three qualities and placed innumerable living entities within her womb. Material nature then gave birth to the total material energy, the hiraṇmaya-mahat-tattva.
- Lord Kapila explains that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of living entities conditioned by material nature.
- The Supreme Lord stands above the twenty-eight elements of material creation as the cause of all causes. Life comes not from matter but from life itself, and He is its original source.
Try this today
Write and reflect on this teaching today: “The Supreme Lord is the original source of life.”
Ask yourself
How does seeing the Supreme Lord as the original source of life shape your understanding of living beings?
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.