Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.13.22
Mukti· LiberationFind Shelter in Your Eternal Nature
“My dear brāhmaṇas, if, when asking Me who I am, you believe that I am also a jīva soul and that there is no ultimate difference between us — since all souls are ultimately one without individuality — then how is your question possible or appropriate? Ultimately, what is the real situation or resting place both of yourselves and of Me?”
What the purport teaches
- Āśraya means shelter or resting place. We cannot truly be satisfied unless we are situated in our eternal, natural position.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, eternally an individual person. A bona fide spiritual master answers serious questions as His representative, not merely on his own behalf.
- When one becomes fixed in transcendental knowledge, the attraction between the material mind and sense objects ceases. The Lord prepares the sages to receive this knowledge by taking the position of their spiritual master.
Try this today
Reread one instruction from this purport with a receptive attitude, considering how it directs you toward your eternal nature.
Ask yourself
Where am I seeking lasting shelter and satisfaction?
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.