Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.46.32-33
Mukti· LiberationLoving Service Leaves Nothing Further Required
“Anyone, even a person in an impure state, who absorbs his mind in Him for just a moment at the time of death burns up all traces of sinful reactions and immediately attains the supreme transcendental destination in a pure, spiritual form as effulgent as the sun. You two have rendered exceptional loving service to Him, Lord Nārāyaṇa, the Supersoul of all and the cause of all existence, the great soul who, although the original cause of everything, has a humanlike form. What pious deeds could still be required of you?”
What the purport teaches
- Even an impure person who absorbs the mind in the Lord for a moment at death burns up all traces of sinful reactions. That person immediately attains the supreme destination in a pure spiritual form as effulgent as the sun.
- Nanda and Yaśodā have rendered exceptional loving service to Lord Nārāyaṇa. He is the Supersoul of all and the cause of all existence, though His form is humanlike.
- Uddhava asks what pious deeds could still be required of them. Their exceptional loving service is the fulfillment he praises.
Try this today
Spend one focused minute remembering the Lord as an offering of loving service.
Ask yourself
How does Uddhava’s question help you see loving service as the goal?
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.