Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.40.6
Mukti· LiberationLet Knowledge Become Worship
“In pursuit of spiritual knowledge, some persons renounce all material activities and, having thus become peaceful, perform the sacrifice of philosophic investigation to worship You, the original form of all knowledge.”
What the purport teaches
- Some seekers of spiritual knowledge renounce all material activities and become peaceful.
- They worship the Lord through the sacrifice of philosophic investigation, recognizing Him as the original form of all knowledge.
- The purport warns that pursuing knowledge without worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead produces meager, if not trivial, results.
Try this today
Before studying today, offer a short prayer to the Lord so that your learning becomes an act of worship.
Ask yourself
Does your pursuit of spiritual knowledge include worship of the Supreme Lord?
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.