Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.16.44
Mukti· LiberationFulfill Life Through Loving Devotional Intelligence
“Being surrendered to Me, one should control the speech, mind and life air, and then through loving devotional intelligence one will completely fulfill the mission of life.”
What the purport teaches
- Being surrendered to the Lord, one should control speech, mind and life air. Loving devotional intelligence then brings the mission of life to completion.
- The purport explains that loving devotional intelligence can develop through perfectly chanting the Brahma-gāyatrī mantra received at brāhmaṇa initiation.
- Clear intelligence brings natural disinterest in the rewards of mental speculation and activities performed for material results. One then takes full shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Before one devotional activity today, pause and consciously offer it to the Lord rather than seeking a material reward.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking rewards from my efforts, or learning to take full shelter of the Lord?
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.