Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.144
Creation’s Dependence Points to a Personal Absolute
“The personal features of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are categorized in three cases — namely ablative, instrumental and locative.”
What the purport teaches
- The whole cosmic manifestation emanates from the Supreme Brahman. This is described through the ablative case: from whom everything comes.
- Creation subsists by the energy of the Supreme Brahman. This is described through the instrumental case: by whom it is sustained.
- After annihilation, creation merges into the Supreme Brahman, expressed through the locative case. These three cases establish the personal nature of the Absolute Truth.
Try this today
Write three short phrases: “From Him creation comes; by His energy it subsists; into Him it merges.”
Ask yourself
How do creation’s origin, support and final resting place help me understand the Absolute Truth as personal?
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.