Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.16
Mukti· LiberationFreedom Through the Lord Beyond the Modes
“The yogī who places his mind in My form of Nārāyaṇa, known as the fourth factor, full of all opulences, becomes endowed with My nature and thus obtains the mystic perfection called vaśitā.”
What the purport teaches
- Nārāyaṇa is called turīya, the fourth factor, because He is beyond goodness, passion and ignorance. He is also beyond wakefulness, dreaming and dreamless sleep.
- The Lord is Bhagavān, the possessor of unlimited opulences, principally beauty, fame, wealth, knowledge, renunciation and intelligence.
- Meditation on the Lord beyond the modes brings vaśitā, freedom from those modes. Everything depends upon the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Take one minute to reflect on Nārāyaṇa as beyond the three modes and full of unlimited opulences.
Ask yourself
How can remembering the Lord’s position beyond the modes deepen my dependence on His favor?
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.