Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.54.43
Mukti· LiberationBodily Identity Clouds Our Understanding
“The Supreme Lord’s Māyā makes men forget their real selves, and thus, taking the body for the self, they consider others to be friends, enemies or neutral parties.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord’s Māyā makes people forget their real selves.
- In this forgetfulness, they take the body to be the self.
- From bodily identification, they consider others friends, enemies or neutral parties.
Try this today
When you label someone a friend or enemy today, pause and recall that bodily identity is not the real self.
Ask yourself
How much do my judgments of others depend on identifying myself with my body?
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.