Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.20.41
Mukti· LiberationConserve Energy for Loving Service to Mukunda
“In the same way that the practitioners of yoga bring their senses under strict control to check their consciousness from flowing out through the agitated senses, the farmers erected strong mud banks to keep the water within their rice fields from draining out.”
What the purport teaches
- Farmers built strong banks to preserve the water in their fields when little further rain was expected. Similarly, a person advanced in self-realization protects energy by controlling the senses.
- The purport advises retiring from family life after fifty and conserving bodily energy for advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Sense control must be joined with transcendental loving service to Mukunda. Without controlling and engaging the senses in His service, salvation is not possible.
Try this today
Set aside one distracting sense activity today and use the saved time for loving service to Mukunda.
Ask yourself
Which sense-driven habit drains energy that you could use in loving service to Mukunda?
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.