Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.5.31
Āśraya· The supreme shelterDevotional Knowledge Leads Back to Kṛṣṇa
“By that confidential knowledge, I could understand clearly the influence of the energy of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the creator, maintainer and annihilator of everything. By knowing that, one can return to Him and personally meet Him.”
What the purport teaches
- Through devotional service, one can understand how Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s energies work. His energies manifest the material world, the spiritual world and the living entities.
- Living entities serving material energy struggle for existence and illusory happiness. Those in the spiritual energy directly serve the Lord in eternal life, complete knowledge and perpetual bliss.
- The Lord desires that conditioned souls return to Him. Pure devotees can personally see and serve Him, and this path is open to all who follow in the footsteps of Śrī Nārada Muni.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes from one pursuit of material enjoyment to study this verse’s teaching about returning to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking happiness mainly through material struggle or through 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.