Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.15
Mukti· LiberationMystic Power Never Overrides Kṛṣṇa
“One who places his consciousness on Viṣṇu, the Supersoul, the prime mover and Supreme Lord of the external energy consisting of three modes, obtains the mystic perfection of controlling other conditioned souls, their material bodies and their bodily designations.”
What the purport teaches
- Concentrating on Viṣṇu, the Supersoul and Supreme Lord of the three modes, grants the perfection of controlling conditioned souls and their bodies.
- Mystic perfection never enables a living entity to challenge the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such perfection cannot be obtained without His mercy.
- Mystic control operates only within God’s law and cannot disturb Lord Kṛṣṇa’s plan. Even a great yogī is subject to punishment for transgressing that law.
Try this today
Before exercising authority today, pause and remember that your power does not place you above God’s law.
Ask yourself
Do I see my ability to influence others as independent power or as something subject to the Lord’s authority?
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.