Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.10.19
Nirodha· Winding upAccept the Mercy of the Holy Names
“Even if people know how to achieve happiness and avoid unhappiness, they still do not know the process by which death will not be able to exert its power over them.”
What the purport teaches
- Knowing how to gain material pleasure or reduce distress does not mean knowing how to overcome death.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa comes as death and takes everything away. Ignoring this danger cannot give secure happiness.
- Caitanya Mahāprabhu offers the real means of achieving unqualified happiness: chanting the Lord’s holy names. Accepting this mercy is in our own self-interest.
Try this today
Set aside a few quiet minutes today to chant the holy names of the Lord.
Ask yourself
Am I making room for the Lord’s mercy, or only trying to improve temporary comforts?
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.