Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.83.39
Mukti· LiberationHumble Service and Love’s Power
“Thus, by renouncing all material association and practicing austere penances, we queens have all become personal maidservants of the self-satisfied Supreme Lord.”
What the purport teaches
- The queens describe becoming personal maidservants of the self-satisfied Supreme Lord through renouncing material association and practicing austerities.
- Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Lakṣmaṇā felt embarrassed at speaking about herself and praised her co-wives. In humility, she described the queens as mere household servants.
- In fact, the queens are direct expansions of the Lord’s internal pleasure potency, hlādinī-śakti. They fully controlled Him with their love.
Try this today
Sincerely praise one person’s devotional service today without mentioning your own.
Ask yourself
How might Lakṣmaṇā’s humility guide the way you speak about your own service?
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.