Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.3.39
Mukti· LiberationSpiritual Inquiry Awakens Love for God
“Only by making such inquiries in this world can one be successful and perfectly cognizant, for such inquiries invoke transcendental ecstatic love unto the Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of all the universes, and guarantee cent-percent immunity from the dreadful repetition of birth and death.”
What the purport teaches
- Sūta Gosvāmī praises the transcendental inquiries of the sages headed by Śaunaka. Such inquiries awaken ecstatic love for the Personality of Godhead, the proprietor of all universes.
- The Personality of Godhead is the final understanding of the Absolute Truth. Knowledge of Him includes impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā, the Supersoul.
- Devotees are successful because they know the Lord and His spiritual nature. A fully devoted servant of the Lord is free from the dreadful miseries of repeated birth and death.
Try this today
Write down one sincere question about the Personality of Godhead that you wish to understand in order to deepen your devotion.
Ask yourself
Are my spiritual questions helping me develop love for the Personality of Godhead?
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.