Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.12.7
Mukti· LiberationAssociation Gives Life’s Perfection
“The persons I have mentioned did not undergo serious studies of the Vedic literature, nor did they worship great saintly persons, nor did they execute severe vows or austerities. Simply by association with Me and My devotees, they achieved Me.”
What the purport teaches
- The persons mentioned attained the Lord without serious Vedic study, severe vows or austerities. Association with Him and His devotees brought them to Him.
- Study, worship, vows and austerities are helpful processes that please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yet they are secondary to association with Him and His pure devotees.
- Other processes may lead one to this association, which actually gives the perfection of life. A pure devotee also associates with the Lord through his own devotional activities and consciousness.
Try this today
Ask a devotee how to make one of your daily practices more favorable for devotional service.
Ask yourself
Are my spiritual practices helping me seek the association of the Lord and His devotees?
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.