Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.33
Mukti· LiberationSeek Kṛṣṇa, Not Separate Mystic Powers
“Learned experts in devotional service state that the mystic perfections of yoga that I have mentioned are actually impediments and are a waste of time for one who is practicing the supreme yoga, by which one achieves all perfection in life directly from Me.”
What the purport teaches
- Experts in devotional service describe mystic perfections as impediments and a waste of time for one practicing the supreme yoga. Through this yoga, all perfection comes directly from Kṛṣṇa.
- One should not pray to God for mystic powers. For a pure devotee without material desire, even impersonal liberation is a disturbance, so material yoga perfections have still less value.
- By obtaining Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one dwells within an infinite ocean of mystic opulences. Precious time should therefore be devoted to Him rather than to pursuing separate powers.
Try this today
Offer one prayer asking for devotional service to Kṛṣṇa rather than mystic powers or material rewards.
Ask yourself
What attraction to extraordinary powers or rewards could distract me from devotional service?
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.