Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.14.54
Mukti· LiberationCreation Serves the Self’s Satisfaction
“Therefore it is his own self that is most dear to every embodied living being, and it is simply for the satisfaction of this self that the whole material creation of moving and nonmoving entities exists.”
What the purport teaches
- The self is most dear to every embodied living being.
- The whole material creation, with its moving and nonmoving entities, exists for the satisfaction of this self.
- The purport explains that moving and nonmoving entities include animals and trees. The terms can also refer to family and pets, or houses and household belongings.
Try this today
Look at one household belonging and identify the satisfaction you seek through it.
Ask yourself
How do the things around me reveal my desire for the self’s satisfaction?
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.