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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.31

Mukti· Liberation

Perfections Follow Qualified Worship

“A learned devotee who worships Me through yoga meditation certainly obtains in all respects the mystic perfections that I have described.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.15.31, translation

What the purport teaches

  • A learned devotee worships Kṛṣṇa through yoga meditation.
  • Such worship brings the mystic perfections the Lord has described. The purport clarifies that each devotee obtains the particular perfection for which he has qualified himself.
  • With this statement, the Lord concludes His discussion of yoga-siddhis, or mystic perfections.

Try this today

Set aside one quiet minute to focus your mind on Kṛṣṇa in worship.

Ask yourself

What place does worship of Kṛṣṇa have in my understanding of yoga?

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.

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