Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.74.5
Mukti· LiberationDevotion Leaves Proud Separatism Behind
“O unconquerable Mādhava, even Your devotees make no distinctions of “I” and “mine,” “you” and “yours,” for this is the perverted mentality of animals.”
What the purport teaches
- An ordinary person may think that attractiveness, intelligence or wealth entitles them to everyone else’s service.
- This proud, separatist mentality is also found in animals battling for supremacy.
- Such thinking is absent from an advanced devotee’s mind. It is certainly absent from the sublime, omniscient mind of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Notice one urge to insist on your own importance today, and choose not to act on it.
Ask yourself
When do I expect others to serve me simply because I think myself superior?
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.