Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.90.25
Mukti· LiberationPure Loving Devotion Is the Supreme Goal
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: By thus speaking and acting with such ecstatic love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of all masters of mystic yoga, His loving wives attained the ultimate goal of life.”
What the purport teaches
- Through their speech and actions in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, the master of all masters of mystic yoga, His wives attained the ultimate goal. Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī explains that they attained His eternal abode without delay.
- Their supreme attainment was not impersonal liberation but prema-bhakti, pure loving devotion. Already filled with divine love, they possessed transcendental bodies of eternity, knowledge and bliss.
- Their love matured into the ecstasy of madness in pure love. Their extraordinary expressions reveal intimate, loving exchanges with the Supreme Lord, not ordinary distress.
Try this today
Before a devotional activity today, pause and make loving service to Kṛṣṇa your intention.
Ask yourself
How does understanding pure loving devotion as the goal shape what you seek from spiritual practice?
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.