Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.15.30
Mukti· LiberationAlign Your Activities With the Lord’s Mission
“Because of the Lord’s pastimes and activities and because of His absence, it appeared that Arjuna forgot the instructions left by the Personality of Godhead. But factually this was not the case, and again he became lord of his senses.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord is not controlled by material time. His activities are eternal manifestations of His internal potency, even when they appear material.
- Arjuna fought for the Lord’s mission and remained in his transcendental position. His apparent forgetfulness did not mean that he had actually lost the Lord’s instructions.
- One should always think of the Lord, become His devotee and offer Him obeisances. Adjusting life’s activities to His mission leads back home, back to Godhead—the highest perfection of life.
Try this today
Offer obeisances to the Lord today and choose one activity to carry out consciously in His service.
Ask yourself
How could one of my daily activities become more closely aligned with service to the Lord?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.