Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.10.1
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyMake Your Duties Favorable for Devotion
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Taking full shelter in Me, with the mind carefully fixed in the devotional service of the Lord as spoken by Me, one should live without personal desire and practice the social and occupational system called varṇāśrama.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, teaches us to take full shelter in Him. We should carefully fix the mind in devotional service and live without personal material desires.
- The devotee should follow those rules of varṇāśrama that do not contradict devotional service. Devotional service is performed on the liberated platform.
- Under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, one should practice the basic principles of varṇāśrama in ways favorable for advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Try this today
Before beginning one duty today, pause and set the intention to perform it in a way favorable to serving Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How could one of your daily duties become more favorable for devotional 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.