Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.28.15
Mukti· LiberationSpiritual Light Surrounds Kṛṣṇa’s Personal Abode
“Lord Kṛṣṇa revealed the indestructible spiritual effulgence, which is unlimited, conscious and eternal. Sages see that spiritual existence in trance, when their consciousness is free of the modes of material nature.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa revealed the spiritual effulgence, which is indestructible, unlimited, conscious and eternal. Sages see this spiritual existence when their consciousness is free from the modes of material nature.
- Kṛṣṇaloka and innumerable other Vaikuṇṭha planets float in an infinite ocean of spiritual light called the brahmajyoti.
- Kṛṣṇa revealed this vast spiritual sky to the residents of Vṛndāvana. Their actual destination, however, was His own spiritual planet.
Try this today
Write one sentence distinguishing the brahmajyoti from Kṛṣṇa’s personal abode.
Ask yourself
What distinction does the purport make between the spiritual light and the destination of Kṛṣṇa’s associates?
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.