Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.5
Mukti· LiberationOffer Your Endeavors and Hear About Kṛṣṇa
“O almighty Lord, in the past many yogīs in this world achieved the platform of devotional service by offering all their endeavors unto You and faithfully carrying out their prescribed duties. Through such devotional service, perfected by the processes of hearing and chanting about You, they came to understand You, O infallible one, and could easily surrender to You and achieve Your supreme abode.”
What the purport teaches
- Many yogīs achieved devotional service by offering all their endeavors to the Lord. They faithfully carried out their prescribed duties.
- Their devotional service was perfected through hearing and chanting about the Lord. Through this devotion, they came to understand Him.
- Having understood the infallible Lord through devotion, they could easily surrender to Him. In this way they attained His supreme abode.
Try this today
Before beginning one duty today, consciously offer that endeavor to Kṛṣṇa, and take a moment afterward to read aloud about Him.
Ask yourself
Which of your duties could you carry out today as an offering to Kṛṣṇa?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.