Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.22
Mukti· LiberationService Leads to an Eternal Spiritual Body
“When the yogī, applying his mind in a certain way, desires to assume a particular form, that very form immediately appears. Such perfection is possible by absorbing the mind in the shelter of My inconceivable mystic potency, by which I assume innumerable forms.”
What the purport teaches
- The perfection called kāma-rūpa allows a yogī to assume a desired form, even that of a demigod. It depends on absorption in the Lord’s inconceivable potency, by which He manifests innumerable forms.
- Pure devotees absorb their minds in a particular service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. They gradually assume a spiritual body for an eternal life of bliss and knowledge.
- Chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy names and following the regulative principles of human life lead to the ultimate perfection of kāma-rūpa: an eternal spiritual body in God’s kingdom.
Try this today
Chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy names attentively for a few minutes today, with the intention of serving Him.
Ask yourself
How can I give more attention to serving Kṛṣṇa than to imagining a different material form?
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.